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After hearing Jiraiya's speech, Sasuke couldn't help but become curious about the so-called "eight words".

Jiraiya straightened his face, sat up straight, and spoke clearly and seriously:

“As early as when the news of Gaara’s defection came, Nara Shikaku had predicted the outbreak of war.

“That day, Aburame Shiwei, who was in charge of intelligence work on the western front, and Nara Shikaku, who was in charge of diplomatic work on the eastern front, happened to be in my office discussing matters.

"After that, after giving a series of brilliant analyses, Shikaku finally condensed the future direction of Konoha into eight characters, namely:

"Expand the army, intimidate. Protect, recruit and surrender."

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Uchiha Sasuke was stunned when he heard this.

Then, I chewed these eight words carefully in my mind.

Try to think from the perspective of Konoha's ruler.

Combined with Master Gama, he has always had the ultimate dream of peace in the ninja world.

I just feel that these eight short words contain infinite wonders.

"Afterwards, when dealing with the events related to the Sand Village and the Cloud Village, I followed the established plan carefully.

"Protect the Sand Village, intimidate the Cloud Village, and persuade the Mist Village to surrender.

“But every time I do something, I always feel that I am not up to the task, and there is always a feeling that something is missing.

“Everything is right, but everything is forced.

"Every time I implement a specific policy, it feels like countless hands are pulling at my elbows, and in the end, the results are always unsatisfactory."

In my ear, Jiraiya's steady voice continued:

“After thinking about it, I finally understood.

"The fundamental reason is that the first two words cannot be implemented, but must be implemented -

"'Expand the army'!"

Hearing this, Uchiha Sasuke's heart was shocked, and he had roughly guessed what Jiraiya wanted to say.

I only heard the Hokage continue to say:

"Be it deterrence, protection, or surrender, they are all just specific short-term measures, but military expansion is the foundation for the successful implementation of these six words and everything else.

"In the short term, with my efforts and the support of Tsunade, the cabinet's senior advisor, I can still achieve it.

“However, the effect is not as ideal as imagined.

"Moreover, if the result cannot satisfy all parties, then my right to speak will continue to be weakened. In the end, this eight-character strategy will probably end up in vain."

Jiraiya took a deep breath and continued:

“In the final analysis, everything must be backed by military strength.

"However, during the long-term military contraction period of the Third Hokage, Konoha's military strength has declined significantly.

"Right now, we are just struggling to maintain our status as a lean camel that is bigger than a horse."

There was a pause, and then Jiraiya's voice became more urgent.

He looked straight at Uchiha Sasuke with a gaze as sharp as lightning, and said loudly:

"If we fail to speed up military expansion and reform, we will immediately enter a cycle of military expansion, pulling this old carriage.

"The consequences will probably be disastrous!"

Along with Jiraiya's deafening voice, in an instant, the faces of Orochimaru, Uchiha Obito, and Gaara flashed quickly in Sasuke's mind.

"What do you need me to do?"

Uchiha Sasuke, who had fully understood the necessity of "military expansion", raised his head and asked with a firm expression.

However, Jiraiya on the other side waved his hand and said:

“What you should be asking is, how do we operate this war machine?

"Remember, Sasuke.

"You are not the knife, you are the one holding the knife.

"If I just wanted to give you a simple order, there would be no need to tell you so much, do you understand what I mean?"

Looking at Jiraiya's earnest gaze, Uchiha Sasuke nodded knowingly.

He understood that this was the only way to become Hokage.

You must take every step you need to learn.

He thought for a moment and asked again:

"So, regarding the expansion of the army, the starting point is the Hyuga clan this time, right?"

"Not bad!"

Hearing that Uchiha Sasuke immediately changed his perspective and position, Jiraiya nodded with satisfaction and continued:

"To be precise, the six major families headed by the Hyuga clan should be regarded as obstacles that we need to deal with."

"solve?"

Uchiha Sasuke raised an eyebrow.

I was quite surprised at the harshness of the words used by the Master.

"It's not what you think, not physically."

Jiraiya waved his hands, and for a moment, he still felt that communication was somewhat difficult.

The current Uchiha Sasuke still has some serious "warrior" thinking in his heart.

However, you can't blame him.

After all, I am still too young and I don’t have such a profound level of understanding of the issues.

Furthermore, as ninjas, they were trained to be "tools".

This is also the education that Uchiha Sasuke has received over the years.

If he is not in his position, he will not seek his government.

In fact, the same is true for Jiraiya himself. If he had not become Hokage, he would not have considered so many issues when looking at them.

However, the external environment has become increasingly severe, and Jiraiya feels that time is running out.

He wished he could keep Sasuke by his side all the time, let him completely "walk into his shoes", and complete his familiarity and internship with the position of "Hokage" as soon as possible.

When the time comes, I will help him onto the horse and send him off, and then I will die without regrets.

Jiraiya paused for a moment, thought about it, and then started to ask some specific questions. He asked:

"To expand the army, where will the army come from?"

"The civilian population."

Uchiha Sasuke answered fluently.

"If it's a civilian, where does Ninjutsu come from?"

"Konoha-style swordsmanship, use of basic ninja tools, three-body technique, shadow clone technique, basic fire escape technique"

Uchiha Sasuke suddenly paused when he said this.

After thinking about it, the number of ninjutsu that can be taught publicly to civilian ninjas on a large scale is much less than I imagined.

"It's okay, just say as much as you can, without considering the difficulty of the practice and the qualifications of the learners.

"As long as we open a wider hole and raise the base number, geniuses among the common people will continue to emerge."

Seeing Uchiha Sasuke's hesitation, Jiraiya encouraged.

"Then, the Rasengan, the combination of fire escape and oil, medical ninjutsu, the Eight Gates, illusion, basic ninjutsu related to the five elements, and summoning techniques related to ninja dogs."

Having said this, Uchiha Sasuke stopped again.

"good."

Jiraiya nodded and continued:

"In addition to these, there is also Sarutobi Asuma, who you are not very familiar with.

"He has some pretty good ninjutsu from his travels when he was young. It's a bit of a waste to only bring those three disciples with him.

"In addition, the Flying Thunder God Technique, which has almost been lost, still has relevant information. If you meet a suitable ninja, you can try to release it and try your luck."

"From this perspective, there is still a lot of room for improvement."

Uchiha Sasuke said.

At this time, he had already fully agreed with the established strategy of "expanding the army", and he couldn't help but ask:

“The ninjutsu mentioned above are enough to support the emergence of a large number of partners at the level of Chunin.

“With a base number, moving up will be a natural thing.

“Why not do it right away?”

Seeing that Jiraiya remained silent, Sasuke couldn't help but give a more specific idea and said:

"In terms of specific work content, we can expand the number of students admitted to the ninja school on the existing basis, and strongly encourage children from civilian families to enter the school and become new ninjas.

"In addition, in terms of combat capability, we can also relax the age limit for ninja schools and establish adult ninja schools, so that civilians who want to become ninjas can also have the opportunity and possibility to enter.

“In terms of specific teaching content, further reforms should also be implemented.

“The use of basic ninja tools and the Three Body Technique can be listed as compulsory courses, while Konoha-style swordsmanship and Shadow Clone Technique can be optional courses.

"In addition, when entering the school, the students' chakra properties should be checked, and each of them should be given a corresponding basic ninjutsu as a compulsory course.

"For example, students with fire-attribute chakras are required to master Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique upon graduation, and students with water-attribute chakras are required to master Water Style: Water Wave, and so on.

“In this way, graduates from the Ninja School can roughly meet the standards of excellent Genin, thus achieving the goal of expanding the army.

"Of course, the more important thing should be further advanced courses. In this regard, students should also be exposed to the existence of optional ninjutsu courses as early as possible and be given a certain basic understanding.

"I think that we can open up the advanced ninjutsu that is more difficult and may even have risks, such as illusions, medical ninjutsu, Rasengan, and the Eight Gates Ninjutsu, to all ninjas and teach them in the model of a ninja school."

“This is not good.”

While Uchiha Sasuke was talking, Jiraiya always had an expression of appreciation and satisfaction as he watched his disciple talk.

It was great to see that Sasuke started to think about the village system, and in such a short period of time, he was able to come up with some decent ideas and tell them in a very coherent manner.

Jiraiya couldn't help but feel a sense of relief that "my son has grown up".

However, after hearing Uchiha Sasuke's last overly idealistic statement, Jiraiya gently interrupted him and reminded him:

"Take the Eight Gates Ninjutsu as an example. Although these ninjutsu cannot be considered secret manuals, they are also the killer weapons of the relevant ninjas. If they are completely made public, they will suffer a great loss in terms of intelligence when they are fighting against the enemy on the battlefield.

"Besides, we also have to consider the possibility of enemy spies stealing relevant ninjutsu. The circle of trust should be appropriately narrowed."

"oh oh!"

Uchiha Sasuke also immediately realized the problem with his thinking, and immediately made another patch and said:

“You are right, it cannot be fully disclosed.

"However, the current practice of keeping it completely secret and only accepting one successor per generation should also be changed.

"For example, the two big brothers, Izumo Kamatsuki and Tetsu Koji, have been tested for their loyalty to Konoha. However, for them, the higher-level ninjutsu is far away and is put aside.

"I think that among certain trustworthy ninja groups, we should encourage the mutual exchange and learning of ninjutsu.

"During this process, we can open the data room to specific groups of people and provide a directory index. In addition, the application of documents and secret scrolls containing relevant ninjutsu should be put on Konoha's military expansion schedule as soon as possible."

Uchiha Sasuke became more and more excited as he spoke.

He told them all about the advanced practices he had come across at the "Otonogakure Orochimaru University of Technology".

However, in contrast to Sasuke's excitement was Jiraiya's gloomy face with a frown on his face.

"So, what is preventing this from happening?"

After noticing Master Gama's condition, Uchiha Sasuke reacted quickly.

Everything I just said is not difficult to think of.

Even if Master Toad cannot think so specifically, it is not to the extent that he has not launched any specific measures.

What hinders the progress of things is definitely not "not knowing" what to do, but someone is blocking the way.

Sure enough, after hearing Sasuke's question, Jiraiya no longer concealed anything and immediately spoke:

"In the Hidden Leaf Village, the major families are intertwined.

"The top leadership is also divided, with everyone having their own plans and cliques.

"The expansion of the military is the most fundamental underlying change.

“Once new forces come in, someone’s interests will always be squeezed out.

"Who do you think will suffer the most from the expansion of the military?"

Looking at Jiraiya's testing gaze, Uchiha Sasuke lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then raised his head and said slowly:

"Six major families."

"good."

Jiraiya nodded with satisfaction and continued:

"Elite jonin rely on their personal strength to make a living.

"My Lord Hokage, as the greatest initiator of reform, will certainly be the totem that ordinary ninjas regard as their rightful totem.

“Even he, Shimura Danzo, will benefit from the inevitable spillover of ninjutsu.

"The biggest advantage that the six major families have over civilian ninjas is the information gap in ninjutsu.

"Once this difference is eliminated, I'm afraid the comfortable days of 'one trick to rule them all' will be gone forever."

After hearing Jiraiya's clear and concise analysis, Uchiha Sasuke felt that the vague layer of window paper in his heart was completely pierced.

In his own eyes, the entire Hidden Leaf Village gradually underwent stratification and color changes, and was no longer the sticky mess it once was.

At this moment, I felt as if I had suddenly been enlightened and everything became clear.

"So, what is your plan?"

Uchiha Sasuke asked in a deep voice.