Chapter 251 The Daimyo's Conspiracy

After leaving the Daimyo Prefecture, Haneda ordered the Root to gather all those who had previously said they wanted to surrender to him.

In the capital of the Fire Nation, in a luxurious hotel.

Haneda crossed his legs, held high his glass of red wine, and looked at the trembling ministers.

After everyone arrived, he had no intention of speaking.

The silence made the ministers feel depressed.

They are all people who have failed in officialdom, and now they hope to get close to Haneda to make further progress.

They could see that Haneda was planning to use the daimyo as a puppet.

To achieve this goal, Haneda will inevitably purge those ministers who support and are loyal to the daimyo.

These people are often those in high positions and powerful people, and the positions they vacate will definitely be assigned by Haneda to people who support him.

But now Haneda called them together and said nothing.

This made them very anxious, because they had expressed their stance and taken sides in Daming Prefecture.

They have no choice.

A young minister, Honda Tadakatsu, asked anxiously:

"Hokage-sama, why did you summon us here?"

Haneda shook the red wine glass and said with a smile:

"Whatever you think in your heart, that is what I will do."

After Haneda put enough pressure on them, he stopped talking nonsense.

He snapped his fingers, and several ninjas wearing animal masks instantly appeared and knelt on one knee in the living room.

"Tonight, I will violently eliminate all who oppose me."

"The Daming Prefecture is silent, but that doesn't mean they won't do something."

"You should know who are loyal to the daimyo, right?"

"Put these people on this list, including their official positions and residences."

Honda Tadakatsu asked in a low voice:

"What will happen to them, Hokage-sama?"

"Surrender or die."

Haneda shook the red wine glass, leaving only his back.

"Anyone who betrays me will also die. Today's actions will change the entire Fire Nation."

The Root Ninja coldly distributed sheets of paper to the ministers.

The ministers took up their pens and carefully recalled their colleagues who were loyal to the daimyo.

Some even had other intentions and wrote down their political enemies and superiors.

Haneda didn't pay much attention to their other thoughts.

No matter what, since they have chosen to rely on me, they have no choice but to go all the way.

For the sake of their careers and lives, they would definitely include the names of those who were obviously loyal to the daimyo.

At that time, Haneda only needs to count the ones with the most names.

As for the other ministers whose names were written, Haneda only targeted those with high official positions.

After collecting the list, he sent his ministers back.

Some ministers, fearing assassination, stayed in the hotel.

Some also began to write letters to contact other officials with whom they had connections.

For a time, there were undercurrents in the officialdom of Daming Prefecture.

After everyone left, Haneda used water escape to rinse the red wine glass.

He switched to orange juice, held a red wine glass in one hand and the compiled list in the other, and lay on the sofa to think.

"General Zhenbei is in charge of the border defense of the northwest Tang Kingdom..."

"The Kumogakure and the Daimyo have long been in collusion, so let's spare his life tonight."

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On the other side, Daming Prefecture.

Buried in a very deep basement under Daming Mansion.

The daimyo held a folding fan with a gloomy expression.

Among the ministers who defected to Haneda, there was his accomplice.

He had already learned that Haneda was preparing to take action against the ministers who were loyal to him.

This is not as simple as warning him not to do anything behind his back, but they are preparing to use him as a puppet!

He is the daimyo and the master of the Land of Fire. Haneda's behavior has seriously touched his bottom line!

If he doesn't resist, his descendants will all become puppet daimyo of Konoha! !

The daimyo looked up at the loyal ministers gathered below.

His eyes passed over the military advisor Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, the left and right prime ministers Kawakami Hikosai and Matsunaga Hisahide, and finally stopped on the face of the General Zhenbei.

The daimyo said, "Uchiha Haneda is a young man with no moral principles. He came here and called a horse a zebra, forcing you to take sides so that you can recognize who are your loyal subjects and good generals."

"Fortunately, everyone is as flexible and resilient as this daimyo, and is a real man, so that they can plan great things here."

"Yanagizawa Yoshiho, what do you think?"

Although he was the first to be named, Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu had already prepared a draft before coming. He immediately said:

"Uchiha Haneda is a beast in human form, treacherous, despicable and shameless. We must resist him!"

"Daimyo-sama, Haneda is the Hokage of Konoha, and has tens of thousands of ninjas working for him. Our army is no match for Konoha's."

"Now, Kumogakure is at war with Konoha. Why don't we secretly provide supplies and intelligence to Kumogakure so that the villain Haneda will have to be busy fighting against Kumogakure."

"Let's take this opportunity to build a ninja army for you, the Daimyo, so that the Daimyo's mansion will never be threatened by the Hokage again!"

When the daimyo heard this plan of driving the tiger to devour the wolf, he immediately slapped his thigh and praised:

"Good, very good! You are worthy of being my strategist!"

The left and right prime ministers, not wanting to be outdone, congratulated him and said that this was a sign of great leadership by the daimyo.

But at this moment, a minister asked:

"Who should be entrusted with this matter? That villain Haneda is already preparing to attack us tonight."

After he finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to General Zhenbei.

The daimyo opened his folding fan and said with a smile:

"I will leave this matter entirely to General Zhenbei. While it is still early, please leave the capital for the time being."

Yanagisawa Yoshiho wiped his tears and said reluctantly, "Daimyo-sama, you!"

"This Daimyo has endured the humiliation and is waiting for the military advisors and prime ministers to return with the righteous army!"

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After leaving Daimyo Prefecture, Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu immediately got on a shabby carriage, passed through the alleys, and returned home.

He quickly gathered his valuables, left his wife and children behind, and prepared to flee the capital with a few loyal warriors.

As soon as he climbed over the wall of the mansion, he was greeted by a masked ninja wielding a knife.

Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu knew how powerful ninjas were, especially those who wore masks. He immediately knelt down and begged for mercy:

"Taijun, don't kill me, Taijun! I am a loyal subject, a loyal subject of the Hokage!"

"I know all the conspiracies of the Daimyo against the Hokage!"

"I'm packing my things, preparing to expose the Daimyo's conspiracy and join the great Hokage!"

"Yanagizawa Yoshiyasu, who is loved by the daimyo and has been awarded the title of national teacher, is the primary target of the Night of the Long Swords plan."

The Root Ninja took the photo, confirmed Yanagisawa Yoshiho's identity, and said without any emotion:

"If you don't want to die, just follow me alone."

Yoshiyasu Yanagisawa waved his hand, signaling them to go back on their own.

He didn't expect a few samurai to defeat the ninja in front of him.

Even if the number is multiplied tenfold, there is no possibility at all.