Mitomonitis of Konoha

Munemiki Yagyu's expression changed when he heard this. Although the defense of the palace is presided over by the commander-in-chief of the Guards and two deputy commanders in turn, the person in charge today is not really Munomi Yagyu, but he is the orthodox leader of the Guards after all. It is impossible to completely remove the responsibility.

Therefore, if this matter were used by Konoha's mouthpieces and his political opponents in the court to attack him, even if it would not hurt his bones, he would still suffer a lot of losses.

Yagyu Munenomi was worthy of being an old fox. After seeing this, he immediately knelt down and saluted the daimyo and said: "Somiki accidentally allowed an incompetent person to sneak into the Guards, causing the daimyo to be assassinated. Please punish him."

He did this for two reasons. First, he confessed himself before discussing the crime. His attitude towards pleading guilty was considered to be good, and he could be treated leniently no matter what.

The second is to point out that his only fault was one oversight: he was not in charge of the defense work today. You don't need to talk about such groundless charges as having a secret conspiracy with the assassin, or being so incompetent that the assassin sneaked into the palace casually, they don't exist.

It even shows that he managed the defense well enough that Kakuzu had no choice but to assassinate him while he was away.

However, the key to things like this depends on the daimyo's wishes. After all, the assassin's infiltration time was not the time he was responsible for the defense, and the assassin failed to succeed, so logically speaking, there would be no serious crime.

The only thing to worry about is that as long as the daimyo himself is involved, the nature of any matter is completely different. No matter how severe the punishment is, it is not unreasonable and unreasonable. Therefore, if the daimyo intends to reduce the crime, he will not be imprisoned and will not be able to survive. It's a serious injury, but if the daimyo doesn't intend to punish him severely, it's just a mild warning.

After hearing this, the daimyo touched his chin, looked at Yagyu Munomi and said: "Well, Yagyu Munomi was guilty of negligence, but the crime was just an oversight. Fortunately, I am fine. In addition, considering that he has worked hard for decades and achieved great results, he will be fined." One year, maybe.”

After hearing this, Munomi Yagyu breathed a sigh of relief and bowed down: "Thank you so much for your grace!"

The penalty of one year's salary is almost the same as nothing for Yagyu Munenikazu. After all, he is not the kind of civilian official who can only eat his salary without corruption. As a generational retainer of the daimyo, the Yagyu clan owns a large amount of property in the Land of Fire. This year's salary is probably less than his monthly expenses. It's just a meaning. It's really a great "grace". .

There is a reason why the daimyo did this. Although the relationship between the Fire Country and Konoha is still in the honeymoon period, and his daughter is still married to the son of the previous Hokage, he is still concerned about a person who is not completely controlled by his family. Can you still be considered a normal monarch if you don't control the powerful organization?

However, how to prevent it is also a problem, and it is also a profound knowledge.

Some mindless behaviors such as withholding funds sent to Konoha through economic sanctions, or installing his own spies in Konoha, and even sending heavy troops to stock up near the village. As a daimyo with a good political acumen, Obviously he won't do this. After all, he knows how to write the words "officials force people to rebel".

So what he can do is to rely on Konoha's combat power while supporting some other forces to check and balance Konoha.

However, there is knowledge in how to check and balance. The best ratio is that the power ratio of the balancing and the balanced parties is 3:7. If the power of the balancing party is greater than this number, the gap between it and the party being checked and balanced will be small, and it will easily lead to party disputes. But if it is less than this number, the power will be too weak and it will not be able to play the role of checking and balancing.

So on the one hand, he cultivated ninjas semi-publicly in his own family and formed a ninja organization that was absolutely loyal to the Daimyo of the Land of Fire. Among the twelve guardian ninjas, except for eight people from Konoha, one person from the Earth Spider clan, and one person from the Fire Temple, the remaining two Bit is a product of that organization.

Although that organization was officially established by the Kingdom of Fire, so there was no shortage of funds and no need to spend time doing tasks, but because of this, the ninjas who came out of there lacked a lot of exercise.

In addition, the establishment of this organization only started after the establishment of Konoha. After all, before that, the ninjas could not unite as a family unit and could not threaten the daimyo's status, so it was only established for more than ten years. It's not like Konoha, which was formed by a large number of ninja clans. It basically started from scratch, so it only trained two jounin. It's not like later generations who could produce more than a dozen jonin. Come, so it is completely unable to form any check and balance on Konoha.

When cultivating absolutely loyal ninjas at home could not be effective enough, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire could only focus on samurai. Although samurai have many shortcomings compared to ninjas, such as single method and short attack range, some powerful samurai can still be comparable to jounin or even close to the five kage.

The Yagyu clan is one of the representative members of the samurai in the Land of Fire. Not only are there three samurai in the family who are comparable to jounin, but there are also several disciples who can compete with jounin. They are the balance beams used by the daimyo. One of Ye's important chess pieces, so it was impossible for the daimyo to severely punish him and completely alienate him from his family.

Mito Kadoba, Senju Genma and the Hokage are all aware of these things, and they don't mind these emperor's tricks. After all, no matter how many checks and balances the daimyo exerts, they will not really threaten the existence of the village. It is better to let him feel at ease and save the money. Trouble at home.

However, such a big thing as the daimyo's assassination would be unjustifiable without a scapegoat, so the daimyo turned his attention to the deputy commander of the Guards who was responsible for today's defense work.

The name of this deputy commander is Watanabe Yukian. Since he can serve as the deputy commander of the Guards, he is naturally very skilled. I guess he is not far behind the Jonin of Xiaonin Village, and he is Yagyu Munenomi's One of the disciples.

The daimyo said in a deep voice: "Deputy Commander Watanabe, as the deputy commander of the Guards in charge of today's defense work, you let an assassin sneak into me. Do you know your guilt?!"

After hearing this, Watanabe Koan immediately came out of the queue and knelt down and said: "Koan knows that he is guilty. Koan was unable to frighten the daimyo. Please punish him."

The daimyo sighed, then closed his eyes and said slowly: "Kouan Watanabe, the deputy commander of the Guards, neglected his duties and caused an assassin to lurk into the palace to assassinate the daimyo. The crime is serious. You... commit seppuku!"

Watanabe Koan didn't know if he really felt guilty or something, but when he heard this, he pulled out the ribs from his waist and committed suicide.

At this moment, Yagyu Muneniki stepped out again and used the unique skill of "Yagyu Shininryu" "no sword attack" to seize Watanabe Yukian's ribs. Then he knelt down and said to the daimyo: "Daimyo-sama, Yuki Although An's fault is not small this time, please spare his life because of his loyalty and hard work over the years!" Watanabe Yukian is his favorite disciple, so what about Yagyu Munomi? Will it cost him his life?

After hearing this, the daimyo opened his eyes and looked at everyone, asking, "What do you think?"

Everyone heard this and said, "Although Vice-Commander Watanabe is guilty, I am lucky that Daimyo is fine, so he is not guilty enough to die!" These words were spoken in unison, even the political opponents of the Yagyu clan.

They are all old foxes who have been struggling in the court for so many years. How can they not see that the daimyo is just showing off?

Watanabe Koan is Yagyu Munomi's favorite disciple, and the situation is not serious enough that the Yagyu clan must cut off its tail to survive, so unless it is to suppress the Yagyu clan, it is impossible to let Watanabe Koan die. And if the daimyo really wanted to suppress the Yagyu clan, he would not have let Yagyu Munenomi off lightly just now.

Therefore, it was clear that he was waiting for everyone to plead for mercy, and then the daimyo was forced to spare Watanabe Koan due to everyone's pleading.

So even if you really want this guy to die, now you can only plead against your will, otherwise you will be careful to be recorded in the notebook. The most important thing is that even if you object, you may not be able to kill Watanabe Yukian. , Only fools will do things that do harm to themselves rather than to others.

Seeing this, the corners of the daimyo's mouth slightly raised inadvertently. It seems that these guys in the court are very discerning! A strong man like Watanabe Koan, who could touch the floor tiles of jounin, was also a backbone in Konoha. How could his family be willing to let him commit suicide over such a trivial matter?

Then he said in a deep voice to Watanabe Koan: "Since everyone begged for mercy, I will spare you this time! However, the death penalty cannot be avoided. Now, he will be removed from all official positions and demoted to an ordinary soldier of the Guards. And punished with eighty strokes of the military cane!"

Then the daimyo no longer paid attention to Watanabe Koan, but looked at Mito Monobu and said: "Monobu, since ancient times, no one has done more good than the savior. You saved me once today. What reward do you want? Let me tell you. Listen, as long as there is something in this world, I will definitely satisfy you!" This is really not a lie. As the ruler of the Fire Nation, the largest country in the ninja world, except for a few things that are unique and exist elsewhere, he really has nothing. No.

Hearing this, Mito Kamon bowed slightly and said: "This is my job, I don't dare to ask for rewards." In fact, Mito Kamon really didn't know what he wanted, so he just retreated to advance and pushed the ball to The daimyo, the left and right daimyo, even if they say they want to give rewards in public, they will not take it back because of their own rejection.

The daimyo waved his hand when he heard this and said, "Hey, if you do your job well, it's natural that you deserve credit, not to mention that since there is a punishment, there must be a reward."

Then the daimyo touched his chin and said: "Let's do this. I'll reward you with the famous sword 'Raikiri', ten pieces of royal silk and satin, a hundred bottles of royal wine, a mansion in the capital, a farm with a hundred acres outside the city, and ten million taels of money. How about that?" ?”

Mito Kaden was also overjoyed when he heard this. The reward from the daimyo far exceeded his expectations. Regardless of other wealth and fields, this "Raikiri" is not a 50-50 ninjutsu in later generations, but a top-notch ninjutsu. The famous sword is not weaker than his own "Thunder God Sword", so he immediately saluted and said: "Thank you for the reward, Daimyo!"