Black Naruto: Shadow Moon

After receiving orders from Shadow Moon, Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi immediately began an in-depth investigation into the current situation in the ninja world.

Their first stop was a small village not far from Konoha, which had once been revitalized by the land revolution but now looked dilapidated.

"Hello, we are ninjas from Konoha and would like to hear about your living conditions," Shisui asked politely.

The villagers were hesitant at first, but under Zhishui's sincere attitude, several older villagers began to confide their thoughts: "Although we have land, most young people have gone to work in the city. There are fewer and fewer people in the village, and there are not even a few who farm."

"Why don't you continue farming?" Itachi asked.

"Nowadays, all the land is rented to big businessmen. They bought our land at high prices, and many people were forced to leave in order to make a living." A villager replied helplessly.

As the investigation deepened, Shisui and Itachi visited many villages and towns, and gradually discovered a serious trend: since the establishment of the united government in the ninja world, although the land revolution had been carried out, the phenomenon of land annexation began to rise.

The old nobility and officials retained a portion of their wealth and quickly restored their economic power through capital accumulation.

"We see that many people who have switched from agriculture to industry are still unable to earn enough income," Itachi concluded, "They are forced to accept low wages, while the old nobles and merchants are constantly expanding their wealth."

Shisui nodded, realizing the seriousness of the problem.

The results of their investigation showed that the gap between the rich and the poor in the ninja world had widened dramatically in just eight years, unemployment had gradually emerged, and the shadow of economic depression had spread to many places.

After returning to Konoha, Shisui and Itachi immediately reported their findings to Kagezuki.

Yingyue listened carefully, and her expression became more serious. "Your investigation results confirm my concerns."

Yingyue said slowly, "The seemingly peaceful ninja world actually hides huge contradictions."

"We must act quickly," Shisui suggested, "If we don't deal with these problems in time, the ninja world will face greater turmoil, even bloodshed."

Yingyue realized that she had to get involved in the investigation herself and could no longer rely on superficial reports from the bureaucratic system.

Yingyue secretly began to visit the ninja world and go deep into the villages, trying to hear the real voices from the mouths of ordinary people.

As the investigation deepened, Yingyue was shocked to find that the coalition government and capitalist system he established did not bring prosperity as he expected, but instead invisibly aggravated the economic crisis.

Under his watch, the economy of the ninja world was gradually collapsing.

Yingyue learned that although some people obtained land and basic security through land reform and social security policies, the subsequent free market became a breeding ground for the privileged class to exert its strength again.

Those families with a long history, such as the Senju clan, the Uchiha clan, other families in the ninja world, and other old nobles, have accumulated wealth for thousands of years. They used their deep asset advantages and power to quickly gain the upper hand in market competition.

"The ideal state of the free market does not exist, and now it has rapidly entered a monopoly state." Yingyue pondered over and over in his mind.

Yingyue realized that the so-called free competition was actually the exploitation of the weak by the strong.

The gap between the rich and the poor in the ninja world did not narrow due to his own reforms, but instead widened further under the manipulation of these families and nobles.

In order to promote economic development, Yingyue once envisioned freeing some of the farming population from the land and allowing them to engage in industrial production.

However, the fact is that these people who originally worked hard on the land lacked bargaining power in market competition, quickly fell into poverty and lost their basic living security.

On the streets of the Ninja Realm, Yingyue saw more and more unemployed people wandering helplessly in the corners, holding job application letters that had nowhere to go.

Meanwhile, those who are still working are forced to work overtime, day after day, and the meager wages they earn are barely enough to support their families.

The society's production capacity gradually stagnated, many companies closed down due to poor sales, the market was flooded with a large number of unconsumable products, and the basic links of economic operation were broken.

Yingyue felt extremely heavy in his heart, realizing his dereliction of duty and powerlessness as an emperor.

Yingyue discovered that it was a mistake for him to establish a coalition government and directly implement a free market capitalist system. Originally, Yingyue thought that even if capitalism had problems, it would be fine to persist for a few decades, and maintain prosperity for a few decades before considering the next social system.

However, Yingyue ignored the objective conditions of the ninja world, that is, the privileged class has always existed in the ninja world. The so-called free market is actually a market where the strong exploit the weak, which is neither fair nor free.

All the major families in the ninja world, including the Senju clan, the Uchiha clan, and even the large and small families in Konoha, as well as the large and small families in the ninja world, all participated in the business process of the market.

The financial resources of some of these families have been accumulated for thousands of years, as have the old nobles. Although Shadow Moon has carried out an equalization of the rich and the poor, the gap between the rich and the poor in the ninja world is still huge.

Shadow Moon directly launched a free competition market. They could directly use their astonishing wealth to enslave other members of society. They went directly from a free market with free competition to a market with monopolistic competition. Then an economic crisis broke out directly, reaching the end of capitalism in one step.

Shadow Moon liberated people's minds by developing productivity, freeing a part of the farming population in the ninja world from the land. These laborers had very low bargaining power in this market.

The gap between the rich and the poor in the ninja world widened rapidly, and most people became poor, so they could not consume the social products produced. Then the production process was interrupted, and then these people became unemployed. Even the work system stipulated by Yingyue was not implemented. Under such circumstances, people's working hours continued to increase. On the one hand, some people were unemployed, some were busy working overtime, and on the other hand, the products produced by the society could not be sold, causing the entire social production to come to a standstill.

Even because of the widening gap between the rich and the poor, officials of the coalition government began to become corrupt rapidly. Because wealth was concentrated in the hands of a few people, taxation became difficult, causing the salaries of these officials to begin to decline. In the early stages of the economic crisis, prices fell, but then social production began to come to a standstill, and prices soared rapidly again, and the lives of grassroots officials began to become difficult.

For officials, as long as they are willing to sell out public interests, they can obtain astonishing wealth from a few people. However, the wealth obtained by a few people is even more astonishing, and the infringement on the interests of the entire society is even greater. In recent years, Yingyue has always encountered the situation of reporting good news but not bad news. These officials have already established interest ties with some families and old aristocrats, and naturally do not want Yingyue to know what is happening at the grassroots level.

Yingyue realized that even with his own prestige, the civilians who went to the Ninja World in such a miserable situation would have to revolt again, and it would be a bloody revolution. The social system in the world where Yingyue lived in his previous life was much more advanced than that of the Ninja World. Yingyue had a foresight about the development of history that exceeded most people in the Ninja World.

After all, the historical lessons of the past are still vivid in people's minds, and the social changes that Yingyue experienced in her previous life have not been too long ago. Yingyue has no chance of luck in what will happen next.

"I must take action to reverse this." A firm determination burned in Yingyue's heart.

Yingyue began to plan a new reform program, considering redistributing past resources, restoring protection and support for vulnerable groups, breaking the monopoly between families, and establishing a more equitable and sustainable social system.

Yingyue is determined to re-examine the economic and social structure of the ninja world and promote the construction of a fairer market environment so that everyone has the opportunity to participate in economic development and share the fruits of society.