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Chapter 21 On Peace

First, I want to state that absolute peace is impossible.

Wherever there are people, conflicts will inevitably arise. The approach of winning people over with virtue, moving the leaders of major nations with sincerity, and teaching villagers through one's own example of morality, as Hashirama Senju did, simply won't work.

"What are you talking about? What makes you think the First Generation's peace ideals are unworkable?"

Inside the Hokage's office, Tobirama Senju and his six disciples heard Lin Tian say this about Hashirama Senju. Before Tobirama, the younger brother, could say anything, Koharu Utatane excitedly refuted him.

"Xiaochun, the other person can't hear you if you speak here."

"Calm down, Xiaochun."

"Didn't Lin Tian say that this is just his opinion? Don't take it personally."

Everyone knows that Koharu's idol is the first generation, so they understand how Koharu feels at this moment.

After much persuasion, they finally managed to calm Xiaochun down.

However, the look in her eyes as she stared at the screen, or more precisely, at Lin Tian in the image, was quite hostile.

Secondly, the peace I'm referring to here doesn't include invasions by external enemies like the Otsutsuki. If we include them, the ninja world probably truly can't be at peace.

"Hmm? What is Otsutsuki? And what does 'external enemy' mean?"

Tobirama had many thoughts on his mind, but he didn't show them, still staring at the light screen with a solemn expression.

Alright, given these two premises, if the ninja world wants to achieve peace, I think we can refer to our country's history.

As we all know, our country is one of the four ancient civilizations, and the only one that has not experienced a cultural break.

More than two thousand years ago, Qin Shi Huang already told us that unification was the only way to achieve peace.

"Absurd. It's easy to say. Does he even know how many people would have to die if the ninja world were unified?"

Everyone nodded in agreement upon hearing this, agreeing that Xiaochun's words made sense.

After all, you can't just say "unity" and expect others to obediently surrender.

Only through war can the other side be forced to surrender.

In any war, there will always be deaths.

Tobirama Senju came from the Warring States period, and he didn't know how many ninja clans in the Land of Fire had died before Konoha appeared, but if it wasn't 100,000, it should be at least 50,000.

This is just from the Land of Fire, where so many people have died. If we really count all the ninjas who died in the entire ninja world during the Warring States period, the number should be at least 200,000.

Two hundred thousand! What an outrageous number.

Everyone in the office shook their heads, thinking Lin Tian's method was unreliable.

But with the light screen right there, they can't just go home and sleep, can they?

We'll just have to make do with what we have.

They were taken aback when Lin Tian said what he said next.

According to historical records, during Qin Shi Huang's unification of China, he beheaded over a million soldiers, and his own army also suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties, totaling over two million deaths before finally unifying the country.

"What?! So many people have died?"

"That's outrageous, that's ridiculous."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible, this person is definitely lying to us."

Seeing his disciples shouting and yelling, Tobirama immediately reprimanded them, "Calm down! Look at the way you're behaving! What kind of behavior is this?"

After Tobirama's reprimand, the group managed to calm down.

"Teacher, so many people died to unify the world, was it really worth it?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's question was exactly what the others wanted to ask. Tobirama didn't answer the question, but he also wanted to ask Lin Tian whether it was worth it.

Did Qin Shi Huang bring complete peace after unifying China?

Actually, no.

Because this was a truly unprecedented unification in history, something no one else had ever experienced.

Fortunately, Qin Shi Huang was a man of great talent and ambition, and he unified the written language and standardized the width of cart axles, thus achieving cultural unification.

Because of this first unification, every dynasty that followed, no matter how many states it fragmented into, would eventually have a strong leader emerge to reunite the land.

On screen, Lin Tian took a sip of water and continued speaking.

Having said all that, my meaning is quite clear.

Imagine if Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha had unified the entire ninja world. From then on, there would have been only one country, and everyone would have been from the same nation.

Of course, hatred cannot be erased so easily.

However, as long as Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha peacefully rule the ninja world for several decades, and the second and third Hokage are born without any hatred, even if these two suddenly die, the ninja world should not descend into chaos.

Because the second and third generations, born in peaceful times, simply wouldn't understand the grudges and conflicts of the previous generation. As long as Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha's successors are reliable, peace will continue.

"Teacher, do you think he's right?"

Hearing this, for some reason, everyone felt that what Lin Tian said made a lot of sense.

Indeed, war causes too many people to die.

However, if long-term peace can be maintained, then the death of some people is not unacceptable.

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At least these people are capable of sacrificing themselves for peace.

"Perhaps."

Tobirama still did not give a direct answer to Hiruzen Sarutobi's question.

Because he hasn't figured out yet whether unification can really bring peace to the ninja world.

He still remembered that before Konoha was established, his older brother always told him: "If you fight violence with violence, all you will get is more violence."

He always thought his older brother was right.

I kill you, and then your relatives and friends come to kill me. The person who kills me then faces being hunted down by my relatives and friends. It's a vicious cycle, like a nesting doll.

But here, he received a different answer from Lin Tian.

Fighting violence with violence does not necessarily lead to violence; it may also lead to unification.

Once the second and third generations are born, it won't be easy for the first generation to cause trouble, even if they harbor resentment, because the first generation will be old.

The more Tobirama Senju thought about it, the more reliable the idea of ​​unification seemed.

He couldn't wait to launch a war against Kumogakure and bring the village into the Land of Fire's territory.

Wait, the Land of Fire?

Right, he then remembered that the ruler of the Land of Fire was the Daimyo, not him, the Hokage.

So, before launching a war of unification, we need to abolish the daimyo?

Or rather, killed?

Tobirama wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and took a deep breath to calm himself down.

Assassinate the daimyo?

This is impossible.

Without a daimyo, who will fund Konoha Village and who will rule over the common people?

Relying on ninjas?

Ninjas don't know these things; they only know how to kill.

Otherwise, my elder brother wouldn't have handed over the power to govern the country to someone else back then.

The more Tobirama thought about it, the more negative his mind became.

Coincidentally, Lin Tian in the video also mentioned the limitations of ninjas.

He used only one word to reignite Tobirama's passion.

That word is: Learn!

This chapter was really hard to write; I deleted over two thousand words.

I probably won't write similar storylines again.

I found it difficult to write, and I imagine it was difficult for you, dear readers, to read as well.

Why bother?

right!

(End of this chapter)