Chapter 259: The Fire Country Daimyo's Methods
Seeing that the ministers were silent, the Fire Nation Daimyo said immediately: "This crisis is of vital importance to the survival of the country. My dear ministers, please do not be shy. Just speak out whatever you have, and I will forgive you!"

A minister hesitated for a moment, stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, our army suffered heavy casualties in this battle and it is difficult to resist the enemy's attack. Now other countries are accumulating strength to protect themselves, and I am afraid they will not be able to help us. We still need to save ourselves."

Upon hearing this, Daimyo's face remained expressionless and his eyes narrowed, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.

When the other ministers heard this, some were shocked, some were angry, and some were moved.

Just when everyone thought that the minister meant peace talks or even surrender, he continued, "So I think we should continue to recruit troops, mobilize all the soldiers who can fight, and set up layers of barriers at key points in various places. We don't need to have too many people, just three to five hundred people as strongholds, so that the enemy will stop and attack a stronghold every time they advance, so as to delay time."

"At the same time, we will increase the production of new weapons, concentrate all the ninja forces in the country to form elite troops, and increase the construction of defense facilities in major cities in order to block the enemy's attack in important cities."

After saying this, the minister stopped talking.

The daimyo and other ministers were very surprised that the minister would say this later. They thought he would surrender or negotiate, but the result was that the entire nation fought to the death, using human lives to buy time.

The minister who was speaking just sneered in his heart. He thought he was going to talk about peace talks or surrender. He knew the daimyo's situation and thoughts, so he didn't dare to say such a suicidal statement.

"Your Majesty!" At this time, another minister stepped out and said, "Lord Kawaguchi is sending ordinary soldiers and even civilians to die. The enemy is strong now. This will definitely greatly damage the national strength~"

"Your Majesty, I think so too. If the war continues, the Fire Nation will suffer. I beg the Daimyo to have mercy!"

"Your Majesty, I think we can negotiate. This will prevent the loss of lives and make the people grateful to you!"

"Your Majesty, I also support peace talks!"

However, Kawaguchi saw through the daimyo's situation and danger, and did not dare to talk about peace, let alone surrender. But not all ministers saw through it, and there were quite a few of them. What they said was even more high-sounding, and they even thought of an excuse for the daimyo, saying that the daimyo had pity on the soldiers and the people.

After hearing the words of these ministers, the daimyo secretly memorized their names in his heart, and had already labeled these people as being doomed to die, and he would soon start to clean them up. Let him have mercy on the soldiers and civilians, who would have mercy on him, the daimyo.

On the contrary, even if the Fire Nation fought to the utmost, as long as it won the war in the end, other countries would be forced to treat him and his family well due to the pressure of reputation. Even if they could not restore their country, they would still be able to have food and clothing, continue to enjoy aristocratic privileges, and continue their family line.

"I object. They are from another world. They will definitely not treat us well. We have no choice but to fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death. Even if we all die, we must bite off a piece of flesh from the enemy."

Some ministers had already decided to distance themselves from those ministers who proposed peace talks, and even immediately started a fight with these peace advocates.

There is a way to die. Whether it is those who understand the daimyo's situation or those who advocate war, they all know that it is time for them to show their abilities.

Seeing the ministers arguing, the daimyo secretly noted those who advocated peace, and immediately ordered: "Okay, today's discussion ends here. Kawaguchi, I order you to organize an army to block the enemy at all levels and make sure to delay the enemy's attack. Matsushita, you must draft a charter for peace talks as soon as possible."

"Hey!"

Seeing the daimyo speak, the ministers immediately obeyed. Then the war faction and the peace faction glared at each other again, but they did not continue to argue, but just felt proud of themselves.

The peace faction believed that the daimyo was in favor of peace and that the obstruction was only to gain the greatest benefit from the peace talks.

Those who have seen through the daimyo's thoughts and situation only dare to stay in the pro-war faction, knowing that the daimyo asked the pro-peace faction to draw up the charter just to stabilize these pro-peace people and make it easier to catch them all in one fell swoop.

The real war advocates were worried that the daimyo really wanted to make peace. The centrists planned to wait and see.

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In the Fire City at night, ninjas jump back and forth in the darkness.

These ninjas were all privately raised ninjas by the daimyo. They began to purge the pro-peace ministers and their entire families according to the list given by the daimyo.

Although there were quite a few ministers in favor of peace, and killing so many people at once would cause a void in the central command, the daimyo did not care.

It is difficult to find a three-legged frog, but there are many two-legged people. Although there are not many talented people among them, it is still easy to fill a hundred or eighty official positions. Although the new officials lack training and team, the benefits far outweigh the disadvantages for the Fire Country and the Daimyo today.

The next day, the ministers went to Daming Prefecture for a meeting again.

As expected, none of the peace advocates from yesterday showed up.

The content of today's meeting is the reappointment and change of official positions of those who advocate peace, many of whom are from the daimyo family or the daimyo's confidants.

This situation also shocked the remaining officials. The daimyo was cutting the Gordian knot!

The families and personal relationships of those pro-peace officials are complicated, and as time goes on, some situations are inevitable, which may even make it difficult for the daimyo.

Now the daimyo cut it off with a sharp knife. If the people were dead, who would do anything for them? Even the private soldiers under the ministers became leaderless and became a mob.

In this way, the pro-war faction became dominant, while at the same time allowing the wavering centrists to understand the daimyo's determination and choose to fight, thus completely suppressing the voices of peace talks and surrender.
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Nowadays, the Fire Nation has attracted much attention from all countries. In addition, the Daimyo of the Fire Nation did not deliberately conceal this action. Naturally, the large-scale official changes in the Fire Nation have also been known in detail to other countries and ninja villages of all sizes.

The daimyos, ministers, and high-ranking officials of the ninja villages of various countries were amazed at the Fire Country's swift and decisive decision, but at the same time, they became alert.

For the daimyos of various countries, their situation is the same as that of the daimyos of the Fire Nation. Peace talks will be a dead end for the daimyos sooner or later, so they are reminded to be careful of the peace talks faction.

For the ministers of various countries, the actions of the Fire Country Daimyo undoubtedly set an example for the Daimyo of other countries. It also made them aware of the situation of the Daimyo and warned them that they would lose their heads if they wanted to negotiate.

The top leaders of the various ninja villages, big and small, were naturally happy to see this, but they also wanted to clean up the peace factions in the village.

Basically, people with vision and ambition will not choose to negotiate or surrender.

Because these people all know that although people in the ninja world and people in the other world are all human beings, those people in the other world are different from them after all.

If I have to make a metaphor, it is the difference between humans and apes. No matter whether they negotiate or surrender, they will not become part of each other. Destruction is a matter of sooner or later. It is just the difference between boiling over high heat and simmering over low heat.

The old monsters hiding in the ninja world all nodded secretly to the daimyo's actions.

Having lived long enough, they understand one thing better: under the same roof, only one intelligent race will be allowed to exist, and the rest are potential threats.

Faced with the invasion of another world, the ninja world currently has only one choice, and that is to fight to the death.

(End of this chapter)