Hokage: I and the Kami

If you want to annex the Nishizhu family, you must first understand their thoughts, why they are so resistant to annexing the Qingshui family, and what their specific thoughts are.

Bai Nan called Xizhu Gangjiu over and talked to him carefully.

Xi Zhugang has been to Bai Nan many times for a long time, and he is familiar with it. He doesn't know what Bai Nan wants to do with him this time, but it doesn't matter. He also wants to see Bai Nan and continue to work for the Xizhu family. Get away and do your part.

Bai Nan sat on the chair he asked someone to make. He was really not used to kneeling on the tatami, so he made a chair.

"Gangjiu, I called you here this time because I want to ask you, what do you ordinary people think about joining our family? Why are you so resistant?"

Nishizhu Gang was confused for a long time. This kind of question is very simple, "Clan leader, other family members except your own family cannot be trusted. This should be a concept recognized by every ninja family."

Bai Nan nodded and secretly noted that it was not trustworthy. The ninja family lacked communication with each other. Basically, the method of communication between them was fighting. After so many years, it was natural that it could not be trusted.

"anything else?"

Bai Nan believes that there are other reasons.

Nishizhu was silent for a while this time before speaking.

"Clan leader, do you think Qingshui and Xizhu are friendly?"

Bai Nan was speechless for a moment. The Qingshui family and the Xizhu family had been fighting for 12 years. Only when they were friendly could there be ghosts. It was impossible not to hate them. He sighed.

"anything else?"

Nishizhu Gangjiu said expressionlessly: "The family attaches great importance to inheritance, and many clan members are unwilling to accept changing their surnames."

Bai Nan was shocked.

"Change your surname? Why have I ever asked you to change your surname?"

"Since the clan leader said he wants to annex us, doesn't it mean that we all need to change our surnames to Qingshui and become Qingshui clan members?"

"No, it doesn't have to be like this at all. You can keep your original names. It's just that from now on, we will become a family."

"How can we be a family if we have different last names?"

"Of course it is possible."

Bai Nan covered his forehead. He didn't expect that there was such a misunderstanding. Changing one's surname was indeed something that many people were unwilling to accept. No wonder so many Xizhu people died generously.

Xi Zhugang looked at Bai Nan in surprise for a long time.

"Clan leader, can ninja families with different surnames become one family?"

"Why not?"

This is a lack of concept. Ninjas in this era have only seen ninja families doing their own things, and have never heard of different ninja families coming together, so they think this is impossible.

Nishizhu Gangjiu laughed in surprise.

"Clan leader, if you don't have to change your surname, then the merger will be a little bit possible!"

Bai Nan also became happy, finally seeing the hope of success. Sure enough, if you encounter problems, you still have to sit down and talk about it.

"Are there any other reasons for not wanting to merge?"

Xi Zhugang lowered his head and thought for a long time before replying.

"There are actually many other reasons, but they are generally insignificant reasons or personal reasons. They are not important in the overall situation. The most important reasons should be the three I just mentioned."

"Okay, then you should step aside first and go talk to the Xizhu family about not having to change your surname."

Bai Nan is quite relieved about Nishizhu Gojiu, because he only gave him two choices at the beginning, one is to merge the Nishizhu family into the Qingshui family, and the other is to exterminate the clan. If you don't have the strength to resist yourself, you can trust him in the matter of annexing the Xizhu family.

Xi Zhu just resigned and left.

Bai Nan immediately found someone, and soon brought his eldest brother Shimizu Shinji over and asked the same question.

"Brother, what do the clansmen think of the annexation of the Xizhu family? Why do they resist?"

Shinji's expression was similar to that of Nishiki Goji, and he glanced at Bai Nan in confusion.

"People from other clans cannot be trusted, clan leader, isn't this common sense?"

Well, for this reason, the families don't trust each other.

"anything else?"

"We Qingshui people hate the Xizhu family. Now the clan leader wants to accept them regardless of their previous grudges. As a result, they are still so resistant. Isn't this a very disgusting thing?"

Well, the Qingshui people look at the problem from the perspective of the winner. In their view, the Xizhu family is the loser and has no rights. In this case, we planned to accept you, but you would rather die than obey. , aren’t you slapping us in the face?If you don’t obey, I don’t want it anymore!

Bai Nan continued to ask.

"Any more?"

Shinji shook his head.

"The others should be gone. Patriarch, I don't really understand why you must annex the Xizhu family?"

Bai Nan replied casually.

“This is the first step to the top.”

Shinji thought for a moment.

"Do you want to grow quickly by annexing other families? I heard you said it before my father's bedside, but are the people from other families really trustworthy? What if the annexation causes chaos within the family?"

Bai Nan smiled slightly.

"There will be no chaos, as long as they see the benefits. At the same time, we have strong force, so there will be no chaos."

"Benefits? If we annex other families, if there are more people, aren't our resources becoming less and less because we have to distribute them out? What benefits can there be?"

"Brother, the more people there are, the bigger the cake will be."

Shinji shut his mouth and stopped asking. He still couldn't understand. He had never seen a scene of ninja families uniting together, but he chose to believe in his younger brother.

Bai Nan did not argue with Shinji on this issue. He began to realize that annexing the Nishizhu family was a beginning, the most difficult and the first step that needed to be solved. If he took this step well, everything that followed would be It will be much simpler.

Set up a system first!

Bai Nan made up his mind.

He used to feel that the framework of "family" was too narrow.

The world is too big and one family is too small.

He needs a larger framework to accommodate his power, Ninja Village?No, the frame of the village is not that big, it is still too small!

The first thing Bai Nan thought of was "country".

How about creating a nation of ninjas?

This thought is like a devil. Once it appears, it cannot be dissipated. It lingers in Bai Nan's mind and never leaves.

But to be honest, this idea is very tempting, but when it comes to actual execution, Bai Nan doesn't know where to start. He was just an ordinary person in his previous life, how could he do this?

He could only try his best to solve the problems that came to mind piece by piece.

First, if you want to build a country, should you choose a monarchy or a republic?

Well... Bai Nan chose monarchy. First of all, he is not a saint. If he wants to create a country, he certainly cannot say that he is creating it for others. The power must be in his own hands, and monarchy is the best choice.

Secondly, in this era, the ninja families are originally led by the patriarch to lead the family forward, and they are undoubtedly biased towards the monarchy. If he creates a monarchy, it will be more acceptable to the ninjas and facilitate the annexation of other families in the future.

Finally, this world is a world where individuals attribute great power. Even if he creates a republic, as time goes by, he may eventually return to a monarchy.

In this world, it is possible for one person to defeat a country, and a republic is obviously not suitable.

The political system has been decided, what next?Come up with a central framework?

Sangong Jiuqing or Six Ministries and Nine Qings?

Bai Nan immediately chose the system of three ministers and nine ministers. Otherwise, he could not remember the specific position distribution of the six ministers and nine ministers.

What's more, the Qingshui family and the Nishizhu family combined now have less than 1000 people. It's good to have a simple system. We will consider reforms when it becomes bigger and stronger in the future.

As for the rest?Everything else can be put aside. I don’t know if this central framework can be built. We will talk about other things when it is done.

After all, Bai Nan wasn't very confident about this, so he began to immerse himself in writing out the thoughts in his mind.

......

three days later.

After Nishizhu's propaganda for a long time, the Nishizhu family has understood the fact that there is no need to change their surname, and their resistance has become much weaker, but overall they are still unwilling to merge into the Qingshui family.

On this day, Bai Nan ordered that all the Xizhu people be brought to the spacious area of ​​​​the Xizhu tribe.

Soon, the place was filled with people, and the Xizhu family members stood in the middle. They were all unarmed, and were surrounded by fully armed Qingshui people, watching their every move.

Although the ninjas still had the ability to resist without weapons, they could not defeat the Qingshui people. Now that they had no weapons, no one caused trouble for a while.

The kind of person who has no weapons and is willing to resist desperately at all costs died not long ago and will not survive until now.

Bai Nan stood on the temporary high platform. He could feel the cold looks cast by the Xizhu people below him. This period was the most painful period for the Xizhu family, but as the defeated, they had no ability to resist. .

Originally, the people of the Xizhu tribe should have hated the leader of the Qingshui tribe in front of them, but the order he issued not long ago not to offend the Xizhu tribe for no reason, and the news that they did not need to change their surname after the merger, made them give up a lot of hatred, and they also knew that they It is an unheard of thing for the other party to do that to the defeated one.

But it was absolutely impossible for them to be grateful to Bai Nan, so they could only look at the young patriarch with cold eyes.

Bai Nan came well prepared today. In three days, he roughly came up with a simple framework. At the same time, he also understood that his intimidation against the Xizhu family was in place, but intimidation alone was not enough. There are incentives!The distrust and hatred between the two families can be resolved with interests. As long as the interests are big enough, most conflicts can be reconciled.

Fortunately, after the framework had been set up, he was confident that he could draw a big picture for the Xizhu family.

Ninjas don't like to listen to nonsense, so Bai Nan didn't waste time and went straight to the point.

"Everyone, I am the new leader of the Qingshui clan, and I am also the strongest person in the Qingshui clan. I have the strength and determination to do whatever I want. I know that you are very resistant to joining the Qingshui clan, but Your resistance probably comes from lack of understanding. Today I will tell you about the benefits of joining the Qingshui clan.

First of all, merging into the Qingshui family does not mean annihilating the Nishiki family. In the future, the Qingshui family and the Nishiki family will coexist and jointly establish a ninja nation. I promise you that after this nation is established, your children under the age of ten will no longer have to go to the battlefield. Those who are not suitable for fighting will be able to stay in the clan and live contentedly for the rest of their lives. Families with only one son will not have to go to the battlefield until the new son is born to avoid future generations. "

Bai Nan kept drawing big cakes on the stage, and the eyes of the Xizhu people below gradually brightened. What is the most annoying thing for people in this era?It's war!

What they have experienced the most is war, and what they hate the most is war. The more they experience it, the more they resist, but they have no choice. If they don't fight, they will die.

Now someone actually told them that people who are not suitable for fighting can stay in the clan for the rest of their lives?Children under ten years old don’t have to go to the battlefield?

Their first reaction was disbelief. Are you kidding me? How could such a thing be possible? You can brag.

But soon, their hearts began to stir again, and they began to ask themselves subconsciously, what if it was true?What if?

This is the charm of pie painting. No one would believe some pie paintings, but some people just can’t help but think - what if?

Once you have this idea, you are basically stuck.

Bai Nan looked at the gradually brightening eyes of the Xizhu family members below, smiled secretly in his heart, and continued to draw the cake.

"In the future, we will bring the ninjutsu of the two families together so that everyone can have the opportunity to learn it. In the future, with the addition of other ninja families, we will be able to learn more and more ninjutsu, until all ninjutsu in the world can be learned. All skills belong to us!"

After winning over those who don’t want to fight, it’s natural to win over those who want to fight and want to increase their strength.

Sure enough, many people below stood up.

They had never seen this kind of pie-making behavior before, and they had no resistance at all, and they all began to look forward to it.

"You...are you telling the truth?"

Finally, the first person asked a question.

Bai Nan didn't waste even a second and made an immediate promise.

"It's absolutely true, but to achieve it all, we need to work together."

"Tch, it's just nonsense. How can you believe it in someone like you?"

There are also people who don’t believe Bai Nan.

Bai Nan was not angry and asked instead.

"What's the point of trusting me once? Even if I don't kill you now and let you go, where can you go? To the east is the sea, to the south is the desert, to the north is our Qingshui, and to the west are the overlords Uchiha and Senju. Everyone, which one Is the direction a good place to go? Only I have clear water!"

The members of the Xizhu family were immediately speechless. The location of their clan usually had two natural barriers: the sea and the desert. But once it was time to escape, the natural barriers became their obstacles. They had no ability to go to sea, and I don’t know how far the other side of the sea is. Is there another shore?How dare they go to sea under such circumstances?

They also don't have the courage to enter the desert. That kind of place is a desperate place to them, and they have no confidence to survive in the desert.

The overlords in the west, Uchiha and Senju, are not something they can provoke. As for the Qingshui clan in the north, who just defeated them, they are not something they can provoke.

After thinking about it, it turned out to be absolutely terrible.

Perhaps, merging into the Qingshui family is the best choice?There is no need to change their surnames or dissolve their families. They can work together to build a ninja nation and live a good life together as described by the Qingshui clan leader.

On one side is the unmistakable abyss, on the other is the possible glorious road to the future.

Many people have already begun to have a tendency in their hearts.

Bai Nan did not ask them to make an immediate decision. Instead, after a speech, he asked the Xizhu people to go back and continue to accept the control of the Qingshui people.

The pie has been drawn and the devil has been planted in their hearts. Next, they just need to wait for time for it to grow.