Naruto, Uzumaki Menma, just wants to conquer the world

His reputation can no longer be shaken by means of "propaganda and guidance".

The Konoha ninjas both respected and feared him:

Respect him, he is now our comrade-in-arms, who saved our lives at the cost of the enemy's lives in the war.

We are afraid of him. If he is our enemy, will we end up like the ninja from the Land of Lightning?

Menma Uzumaki, as a ninja, proposed ten proposals to Konoha with his military merits, military power, and ability as a bargaining chip:

1. All examples of contract purchases should be deleted.

2. The crime of buying and selling should be determined at your discretion.

3. The crime of slavery should be abolished.

4. Children of poor families are allowed to work as hired labourers.

5. Household slaves must be liberated.

6. Taking concubines must be prohibited.

7. In the old days, maids were allowed to marry within a certain period of time.

8. Establish laws to protect personal freedom.

9. Abolish the status of slaves.

10. The prohibition on buying good people to promote good people should be strictly enforced.

However, how could such a major move that is "extremely rebellious and against tradition" be supported?

The factory owners did not give workers benefits out of a change of heart. Instead, they obtained them through the Charter Movement, the Paris Commune, the establishment of the Soviets, and the Ford workers' strike, all of which resulted in the workers' endless bloodshed and sacrifice.

It’s just that some people seem to only think that the bloodshed and sacrifice of a certain generation can bring eternal peace, but they themselves never have to participate in the struggle.

Want welfare, want rights...

Don't want to sweat, don't want to bleed...

How can such a good thing happen?

Evil requires being mean, abandoning morality, using wisdom, and using whatever means to fulfill one's self-satisfaction of money, power, and sex...

To defeat evil, justice requires stronger qualities than evil: you must be smarter, more cunning, and more unscrupulous than the evildoers. In order to realize your desires, you must use your own blood and the blood of your enemies to water your ideals.

Menma, that's how you fight.

He used all his strength and wisdom to wage a political struggle against the deeply rooted feudal groups in Konoha.

Of course, he knew that the above proposal was too radical for Konoha and would be unanimously opposed by the senior ninjas representing the major ninja families of Konoha.

Because this is simply a fantasy.

Ninjas (especially Konoha) have a dual nature. While they are used by the nobles, they are also the vested interests.

Buying slaves and taking wives and concubines were extremely easy things for the Konoha ninjas.

A ninja clan with a jonin will not be destitute at the worst. They represent the interests of the family. How could they approve of such a demand that harms their own interests?

Even Mao Yue Xi Yan wouldn't agree, right?

As the number of places is reduced to "wife", the difficulty of competition increases.

However, Uzumaki Menma's outrageous and excessive demands did not stop there. He also had other demands:

1. It is required to establish the principle of "shadow is under the law" and no one shall be above the law.

2. It is required to implement a property disclosure system. All the property of every family with a jonin must be made public.

However, as Menma mentioned, the broken window effect:

"The people of Konoha always like to reconcile and compromise. For example, if you say that this room is too dark and you want to open a skylight here, everyone will definitely not allow it. But if you advocate removing the roof, they will come to reconcile and be willing to open the skylight."

That's exactly what Menma did.

Hence, the proposed amendment:

1. It is forbidden to buy people. Violators will be punished, their property prices will be confiscated by the government, and the people will be returned.

2. Children of poor people are allowed to work.

3. All contracted slaves and hereditary servants shall henceforth be treated as hired labourers.

4. It is not allowed to buy a concubine at a price.

5. Reiterate the old prohibitions against buying and selling between relatives and against buying women into prostitution.

The most important key: the family rule prohibits the use of ninjutsu (sealing techniques, curse techniques) to enslave others.

What he has to do is:

1. Take three steps forward and two steps back to achieve progress.

2. Unite other families to put pressure on Hyuga, abolish the Hyuga family rules, and return the freedom of the branch families.

3. Just like the broken window effect, if there is one, there will be two, and if there are two, there will be three, and this will form a social trend.

Hyuga is just the first chicken to be killed. In the end, we will kill many, many chickens until all families and family rules of the Hyuga type are completely wiped out.

In the Konoha Council, Menma made the following statement:

"We always believe that these truths are eternal, that all people are created equal, and that they are endowed by the heavens, the Creator, the eight million gods, Allah, and the Buddha with certain inalienable rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of freedom."

“All men are born and remain free, equal in rights, and social distinctions can be based only on the common good.”

Often, people care more about the person who said something than the words themselves.

If it's a country bumpkin who said that, just treat it as bullshit...

If it was said by an important person, I would think about it seriously...

In the end, Menma's proposal was implemented with a slight advantage in votes. This was also the most controversial moment in the history of Konoha's village regarding the support or opposition of a certain proposal, with both sides having equal momentum.

This is a thrilling victory...

But it's still a win...

Now that the proposal has been passed, someone has to execute it. The Sandaime Hokage doesn't want to offend the Hyuga at this time, and no one in the entire ninja village is willing to be the first to take action.

The Sandaime Hokage even personally advised Menma: "The war on the front line is tense, it is better not to do these things at this time."

Menma retorted: "It is precisely because of the war that we need reforms. Our army will grow through tempering."

Of course, such empty words are not persuasive.

"It doesn't matter. I will take action to turn the situation around." This sentence is the key.

Hyuga's value on the battlefield is far less than that of Uzumaki Menma, who has a record of destroying nations. So, the former or the latter?

Sarutobi Hiruzen has wanted to weaken the Hyuga forces for a long time, but has no solution.

His only worry was that attacking Hinata at this moment would be disadvantageous to the battle situation.

Since Uzumaki Menma insisted so much, then the result would naturally be...

The final judgment of the Hyuga clan!

Uzumaki Menma, he is willing to be the villain, he is willing to be Xiulin No Ki.

It has been several days since Hyuga Hiashi withdrew from the front line to recuperate...

At this moment, in the beautiful courtyard, Uzumaki Menma and Hyuga Hiashi were negotiating.

"Uzumaki Menma, you are very rude."

"Courtesy is the kneeling of the weak to the strong. Please recognize the current situation, Chief."

"Are you blackmailing me?"

"It's not a threat, it's an order."

It was the emotionless look one gives when looking at a dead object, and it was the tone one uses when stating something in a bland manner.

There was no hostility, no malice, it was more like looking at a dead person.

"So, do you dare to say that in front of Hinata and Hanabi?"

"of course."

Menma answered without hesitation or even thought.

He even added: "Not only that, I will have the members of the branch family report and expose your crimes, and hold a struggle session against you."

"what!"

Reputation is more important than life; this is the characteristic of this era.

Because death is almost inevitable, and being a ninja is a high-risk profession. Death is a small matter, but losing one's chastity is a big matter.

People are more concerned about the eyes of the people around them, their descendants, and even how to face their ancestors after death.

Old-fashioned people like Hinata Hiashi are even more convinced of this idea.

If you kill him, he will die bravely. There are few ninjas who are afraid of death.

Humiliate him, discredit him, let others point fingers at him...

A slave owner who was respected in the past has now become a criminal in the eyes of others?

There is no punishment more vicious than this.

Having to accept criticism and confess in public was more painful to him than death.

Negotiations were hopeless. Whether discussing with Konoha's top brass or lowering their dignity to discuss it with Uzumaki Menma, they refused to give in.

Thus, Hyuga Hiashi arrived at the final moment.

For several nights in a row, the light in the study was on.

Before he died, he wanted to do one last thing for his family.

One morning, at the shrine dedicated to his ancestors, he destroyed his own Byakugan, took his own life, and left only a suicide note.

This is part of the suicide note:

Hinata, Hanabi, remember...

Your father died because of Uzumaki Menma, and your family was destroyed because of Uzumaki Menma.

You must remember this hatred and take revenge no matter if it takes ten or twenty years.

After my death, Hanabi will inherit the position of clan leader.

It's a sad ending...

In the entire family, the patriarch is the only free person?

No.

Clan etiquette constrains the nature of all human beings, and the clan leader is no exception.

The deep-rooted concept of etiquette and law can make him abandon his family affection and everything for the sake of "family justice".

Even the patriarch's sons and daughters are tools of the family.

However, even he himself did not realize that he had human feelings.

There is an order of seniority, and the eldest son inherits power.

The younger brother who was more talented went to the main family, and the older brother became the clan leader because he was born earlier.

The younger brother should die for the older brother. This is the family rule and tradition of Hyuga.

It should be a matter of course.

However, he still feels guilty towards Hiashi, which is the remaining humanity he has.

In order to make up for this guilt, he favored the younger Hanabi and chose her as his successor on the grounds that "her talent was stronger" despite the opposition of the family elders.

This approach is wrong and only makes things worse.

The entire family seemed to have become a victim of these corrupt family rules.

This was the funeral of the clan leader and also her father. Hinata cried inconsolably and Hanabi, who was trying hard to suppress her grief, couldn't help but shed tears.

When someone cries, someone else will laugh.