Naruto: Uchiha Youngjo's Konoha Spring

Chapter 118 Controlling the Fire City

"Really?" Uchiha Douguang glanced at everyone in the bedroom, "So there's no precedent for this?"

"Minister Zuo is right. There is indeed no precedent for this in the Fire Nation," another civil servant said. "Furthermore, if martial law is imposed hastily, the people of the Fire City will also be dissatisfied."

"Who are you?" Uchiha Douguang frowned.

"I am the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Fire Kingdom, Seisuke Matsuda." said the man who stood up.

"I understand." Uchiha Douguang slowly walked towards the door of the bedroom, and at the same time, he said, "I am just a warrior who knows nothing about government affairs. The late king has given me such a heavy burden, and I know I can't bear it. But as a citizen of the Land of Fire, I also know to be loyal to the king and serve my country! But now, the treacherous minister has jumped out on his own!"

"You, Matsuda Seisuke, are one." Uchiha Douguang raised his finger and pointed at Matsuda Seisuke, then turned around and pointed at Abe Taiichi, "And you, Abe Taiichi!"

After Uchiha Douguang finished speaking, the ministers in the hall were in an uproar.

"I'm afraid what the Hokage said is inappropriate." After Abe Taiichi was pointed at on the nose and called a traitor by Uchiha Douguang, his face twitched slightly and he spoke.

"Not appropriate?" Uchiha Douguang sneered. "The late king's body is still warm, and the assassin who assassinated him is still at large. If martial law is not imposed, who can guarantee His Highness's safety? Left Minister, can you? You can't guarantee it! If His Highness the Daimyo is in danger, even if you and your entire clan sacrifice your lives, it won't be enough to make up for it!"

"You..." Abe Taiichi's face turned red and white. He knew that if he didn't say something now, he would be labeled a traitor.

However, at this moment, another person stood up and said, "The Grand Tutor is right. In the current situation, the safety of Your Highness is paramount. The Left Minister's objection on the grounds of there being no precedent is rather biased."

Uchiha Douguang looked at the person who spoke with interest. This person was not on Kakashi's kidnapping list that night.

[It seems that this Left Minister has quite a few political enemies in this court?]

"Miura Kazuo, what do you mean by this?" Abe Yasuichi looked at the person who spoke.

"Hmph, isn't my meaning obvious? Moreover, the late king asked the Grand Tutor to assist in the administration. This meaning is also very obvious." Miura Kazuo stood up and confronted Abe Yasuichi.

After Miura Kazuo finished speaking, the civil servants in the bedroom suddenly quarreled. At this moment, the four-year-old daimyo Gen Gokyo was also overwhelmed by the scene and stood blankly in front of the old daimyo's bed.

Uchiha Tokou and Kakashi stood at the door of the bedroom, watching the passionate exchanges between these civil officials.

For Kakashi, today was an eye-opener. These ministers, who were usually considered noble by ninjas, were quarreling with each other. It turned out that they were no different from the quarrels between the troublemakers in the village.

"Enough!" Uchiha Douguang saw that the two groups had almost finished arguing, and after he figured out the distribution of power in the court of the Fire Nation, he immediately spoke out to stop the farce.

The noise in the bedroom died down for a moment, and then everyone looked at Uchiha Douguang. Uchiha Douguang quickly walked to the front of Minamoto Gokyo, bowed and said, "Your Highness, give the order."

Gengokuxie stared blankly at Uchiha Douguang in front of him. It took him a long time to come back to his senses and said, "Everything is subject to the teacher's arrangements."

Uchiha Douguang nodded, strode out of the bedroom and came to the open space in front of the bedroom. At this moment, all the elite ninjas of Konohagakure, except those who were on missions outside, had arrived.

"Pass on my order. From today on, the ninjas of Konohagakure will take over the defense of Fire City. After the follow-up troops arrive, the Anbu will cooperate with the security team to complete the blockade and martial law of Fire City. If there are any suspicious people during this period, they will be killed without mercy!" Uchiha Toguro said coldly.

Asma and the other two, who had been waiting outside the bedroom and had no idea what was happening inside, were also stunned when they heard this.

At this time, He Ma was the first to step forward and question.

However, Uchiha Tokou had already looked in this direction in advance, with his Mangekyō Sharingan opened, and the murderous intent revealed in his eyes was almost materializing.

He Ma was also frightened by the murderous intent, and the words in his mouth were stuck in his throat and he couldn't say them.

"We need to get rid of this guy..." Kakashi also came to Uchiha Douguang and asked softly.

"No need." Uchiha Douguang shook his head, "He's just a clown, he can't cause any trouble." ...

After the guards and Anbu support forces arrived and completely took control of the defense of the Fire City, Uchiha Douguang also showed a relieved expression. At this moment, the entire Fire City was completely under his control.

For Uchiha Douguang, this series of arrangements did not require much thought, as the history of his previous life had already given him a lot of standard answers.

Moreover, compared with those predecessors in his previous life, Uchiha Tokou has a unique advantage. Shisui's eye technique, Kotoamatsukami, directly solved the issue of his status. Now that justice and force are in his hands, there is no reason for him to do worse than those predecessors.

After dawn, when the civilians of the Fire City were about to go out, they found that there were many more fully armed patrolling ninjas on the streets of the Fire City, and martial law orders were announced from house to house. At this time, the civilians who lived farther away from the daimyo's palace realized what had happened.

Although he was somewhat dissatisfied with being forbidden to go out, he returned home obediently when he saw the batons and kunai in the hands of the ninjas.

The first group of guards who arrived originally thought that it would be difficult to impose martial law in the Fire City this time. After all, the area of ​​the Fire City is more than twice that of Konoha Village. However, there were only a little over 700 of them, including the assisting Anbu. However, with the cooperation of the civilians, they still easily completed the control of the Fire City. For this, the members of the guards had to sigh, no wonder the Fire City is the capital, even the quality of the civilians is much higher.

Uchiha Douguang was not surprised by this result. After all, the Fire City was not like Konoha Village, where there were legal restrictions that prevented ninjas from attacking civilians at will. The nobles were not like the third generation Hokage who spoiled them. If the nobles were angered, the samurai under their command would really kill people.

After completing the martial law, Uchiha Tokou directly found a mansion to live in on the edge of the royal city of Fire City, and asked Kakashi to help collect information about all the officials in Fire City at the moment. As for the young daimyo, he was always guarded by Uchiha Tokou's shadow clone until a few days later, when the old daimyo was buried and the coronation ceremony of the new daimyo was completed under the auspices of Kikuchi Tomoken and others. At the first court meeting of the new daimyo, Uchiha Tokou came to the court wearing the Hokage's sacred robe and holding the official uniform of the Grand Minister in his hand.

After a series of ceremonies were completed, Uchiha Douguang, who was standing in front of all the officials, was the first to step forward. After saluting the young daimyo on the throne, he slowly spoke.

"I am grateful for the late king's trust in me and for entrusting me with such an important task. However, I know that I am young and lack virtue. I have been in fear every day these days, fearing that I will fail the late king's trust. I ask Your Highness to revoke the late king's order. I am really not worthy of the position of Prime Minister." Uchiha Douguang said, with a few tears in his eyes.

Just as the Left Minister Abe Taiichi was about to speak, Miura Kazuo stepped forward and asked, "Why do you say that, Grand Minister?"

"We greatly admire the Grand Minister's indifference to power, but this is, after all, the late king's will, and there is no reason to retract it. Isn't this action by the Grand Minister putting Your Highness in an unfilial position?"

After Miura Kazuo finished speaking, several people stood up behind him and talked to each other one by one.

"Yes, the Grand Minister has been staying with His Highness day and night these past few days, guarding him closely and diligently. We have all seen this. The position of Grand Minister belongs only to you."

"Indeed, upon learning of the attack on the late emperor, the Grand Minister traveled single-handedly, day and night, to come here. His loyalty is evident to all. Please do not refuse the position of Grand Minister."

At this time, Nagano Kiri looked at the surroundings and stood up: "Yes, Grand Minister, please don't refuse."

As the three ministers appointed by the late king in addition to Uchiha Tokou, although Nagano Kiri and the other two did not hold prominent positions at the moment, their words were more effective than anyone else's in the court. After he spoke, Abe Taiichi also realized that the situation was hopeless. When he thought of the ninjas who often hung around in front of his mansion in the past few days, he could only grit his teeth, shrink back, and stop talking.

"This..." Uchiha Douguang was embarrassed in the face of everyone's persuasion.

At this time, Minamoto Gokyo also stood up from the throne and said with tears in his eyes: "Is the teacher going to abandon me?"

In the past few days, Uchiha Douguang's shadow clone had been protecting the child closely and had been getting along quite well with him. He would protect him behind him at the slightest sign of trouble. This undoubtedly gave the four-year-old child a sense of security, as he had just experienced a major change and had his father and brother tragically killed.

The terrifying figure of Wanshe before had obviously left a deep shadow on the child. Now, as soon as Uchiha Douguang said the words of resignation, Yuan Yuxie was frightened.

And Gen Yuxie's words undoubtedly killed the game.

Soon, two civil servants behind Miura Kazuo came forward, took the official uniform from Uchiha Douguang's hand and put it on him without saying anything, while constantly saying, "Grand Minister, don't refuse anymore."

During this process, Uchiha Tokou did not make any movement until the official uniform of the Grand Minister was completely draped over his body. Then he raised his head and looked at Miura Kazuo, with a meaningful smile flashing across his face.

In the past few days, Kakashi has collected a lot of interesting information about the Daijokan Right Minister in the Fire City.

(End of this chapter)