Chapter 22 Dance King, long time no see

Uchiha Madara was walking on the street that day, and his aura made it so that no one within a ten-meter radius approached him.

He has this ability to keep a distance from everyone, whether he knows him or not.

At this moment, Rosen appeared in front of Uchiha Madara with a self-proclaimed brilliant smile.

"Hey...Dancing King, long time no see."

Uchiha Madara passed by Rosen as if he didn't see him.

Rosen's greeting and the smile on his face were frozen at that moment.

"Wait..." Rosen immediately caught up with Uchiha Madara: "Dancing King... No, Madara-sama, why are you ignoring me?"

Uchiha Madara continued walking forward: "If you came here to humiliate me, then you succeeded."

"We are old friends who have known each other for many years. I came here to buy you a drink."

"It's true that we have known each other for many years, but how can you tell that we are old friends?"

"Are you scared? Afraid that I'll get you drunk first and then kill you?"

There is a kind of people in this world who are not stupid, but cannot stand provocation.

Uchiha Madara is such a person. He can't stand being provoked by others.

His pride and self-esteem would not allow him to retreat or be cowardly.

In the tavern, Rosen poured a glass of wine for Uchiha Madara.

Uchiha Madara picked up the wine glass and drank it all: "If you have anything to say, just say it directly. If there is any assassination deployment, please call me up quickly. I don't like to delay time."

"I really just want to buy you a drink."

"We don't have that kind of relationship." Uchiha Madara's tone was full of alienation.

"As you know, I am now the head of the Uzumaki clan, but I have no experience in how to manage a ninja clan, so I want to ask you for advice."

"You should go find Hashirama, he's also the clan leader."

Rosen looked at Uchiha Madara as if he were an idiot.

Uchiha Madara was stunned for a moment, and realized how stupid his words were.

"You should go find Tobirama. Although I don't want to admit it, that guy does have good management skills."

"You think I didn't ask?"

"And what answer did you get from him?"

"Integrate into Konoha." Rosen said helplessly.

"A very conventional, yet meaningless answer." Uchiha Madara commented.

"Madara, what about you? How would you answer?"

"As a clan leader, you must be strong enough to protect your clan members."

Rosen glanced at his own martial arts value. Ever since he cultivated the Whirlpool Immortal Body, Rosen's martial arts value has increased from 30,000 to 50,000, a huge improvement.

Not surprisingly, the Uzumaki Sage's body is incredibly powerful beyond imagination.

"You are quite strong, second only to me and Hashirama." Uchiha Madara was not bragging, he really had the strength to say this: "Even in the Warring States Period, you are qualified to be the head of a clan."

"anything else?"

"What else? Strength is enough, what else do you need?"

Don't be fooled by Uchiha Madara's confident and domineering answer. In fact, he is the same as Senju Hashirama. They are good at fighting, but they become Muggles in an instant when they are asked to really manage their own family.

He left almost all clan affairs to the clan elders.

“Don’t we need to unify our thoughts?”

“Why do we need to unify our thoughts?”

"Suppose one day Hashirama steps down from the position of Hokage, and you compete with Tobirama for the position of Hokage. At this time, two voices appear in the Uchiha clan. One side is your staunch supporters. They are all old people who have accompanied you since the Warring States Period. The other group of people are the new generation. They do not recognize you and do not understand your strength. They think Tobirama is better. I think the person who is most hurt at this time should be you. Regardless of the outcome of this competition, that is the impression of you by outsiders. However, as members of the clan, they make such a choice and stand on the side of your opponent. This is a betrayal. That's why I said that we must unify our thoughts."

Uchiha Madara bowed his head and pondered for a long time, then looked up at Rosen: "Do you think that if I compete with Tobirama for the position of Hokage, will I lose?"

"You have to understand one thing, clan leader. This is the face of a ninja clan. Just like you, others respect Uchiha because you are the Shura of the ninja world. But it's different for the Hokage. As long as you are not too weak, many people in Konoha Village have this condition. The second thing is your political face. The so-called political face is your inclination. When most people want peace, they will choose a more moderate leader. If Konoha Village is surrounded by enemies and everyone is suffering from the war, what they need is a tough leader."

Rosen raised his head and looked at Uchiha Madara: "And in today's ninja world, because of the existence of you and Hashirama, it is difficult for a war to break out in a short period of time. This is the oppression of you and Hashirama, the two gods of the ninja world. Because of this, it is difficult for you to win in the battle with Tobirama."

"So there's no hope for me?"

"Yes, but not the Second Hokage, but the Third Hokage. Either Tobirama does not participate in the competition, or the war breaks out at this time." Rosen said: "And if you want to become the Third Hokage, you also need to change the impression of Uchiha in the eyes of outsiders."

"how to change?"

"Suppose Tobirama came to power and established a guard department that was completely under the control of the Uchiha, what would you do?"

"What should we do? Of course, we should place the most elite Uchiha ninjas in the security department to maintain the law and order of Konoha Village. Is there anything wrong with that?"

Rosen shook his head. "Wrong, this is a completely wrong idea. Maintaining the law and order of Konoha Village will mostly target the civilians of Konoha Village. If you put a ninja who can assassinate a daimyo in the Guard Department, he may not be better than a Genin. You can leave half of the positions in the Guard Department to other ninja clans and civilian ninjas."

"This is stealing my Uchiha power."

Rosen shook his finger and said, "You are wrong to think so. It seems that recruiting other ninja clans and civilian ninjas into the Guard Department has reduced the power of the Uchiha clan, but in fact, it has turned these ninja clans and civilian ninjas into your Uchiha clans, and can even influence the forces and clans behind them."

"At the same time you can also arrange Uchiha ninjas into other departments."

"As you said, if other people join the Guard Department, they will become our Uchiha people in disguise. Then, if we Uchiha join other departments, will we become their people?"

"Konoha Village is like a big net. The various ninja clans and civilian ninjas are the intertwined lines on this big net. If you shrink into a ball, you will be regarded as an alien by this big net. But when your lines cover every corner of the whole big net, then you will become an indispensable part. When the Uchiha clan members join the Anbu, the Finance Department, the Ninja School, the Medical Department, and the Sealing Class, some people will be unknown, while some outstanding ones will stand out and hold crucial positions. At this time, if you say you want to run for Hokage, then many people in these departments will follow their superiors to make choices."

“Is there really no hope for the second generation?”

"You started too late." Rosen said, "You should have taken some action when Konoha Village was first established. The Uchiha now seem to be aliens in Konoha Village and don't fit in. This is very bad."

Uchiha Madara was silent again. After a long while, he raised his head and looked at Rosen: "Did Hashirama ask you to come? Or Tobirama?"

"Tobirama."

"Is he showing off to me or demonstrating?"

Rosen stared at Uchiha Madara: "Do you know why Hashirama was recognized by most of the ninja clans? But everyone keeps their distance from you."

"why?"

"I said before that this is the face of politics, a person who is powerful but not very smart, and has an approachable personality."

"So you want me to learn from that idiot Hashirama?"

"There is more than one way to win in this world. Hashirama's political face is approachable and foolish, while Tobirama's political face is shrewd and capable, with a clear mind. So at this time, you need to have your own unique political face."

"what should I do?"

“Your political face is profiteering.”

"What do you mean by profiteering?" Uchiha Madara asked in confusion.

"The order of this world, the root of everything, is interest, so you need to fight for the interests of yourself, the Uchiha, the Leaf Village, and all the ninja clans." Rosen said: "Any ninja clan needs interests to maintain their heritage. When you can fight for their interests, they will stand on your side without you having to ask for anything."

"You are being too general."

"What is the current salary for a jonin?"

"Twenty thousand taels per month, and the share of the task is 40%."

"As the elders of Konoha, you should propose that the salary of the jonin should be increased. The 40% share of the mission is too low and should be raised to 80%."

"I can understand the salary increase, but raising the mission share to 80% is too much. You know, each mission requires a lot of intelligence support. If Konoha Village only has 20% left, it won't even have enough funds to support this intelligence station."

"Of course I know, but this is your attitude. At this time, there will be a conflict between Konoha's jonin and the Hokage's faction. Then you will negotiate with the Hokage's faction on behalf of the jonin group. This time, as long as you succeed in getting the Hokage's faction to make concessions, it doesn't have to be much. As long as they increase the ninja's share of the task to 45%, you will win."

“I think I can get to 60 percent.”

"You got one thing wrong. This is a long-term political science. If you raise it to 60% once, what about the next time? How long will those jonin remember you?" Rosen asked, "You need to propose this proposal many times in the next ten or twenty years. Raise it by 5% this time, 2% next time, and 1% the next time. Every time you propose it, the jonin group will strengthen their influence on you. They will know that you have them in your heart. They will know that their lives will become better when you take office."

Rosen's words have opened the door to a new world for Uchiha Madara.

It turns out that politics can be played like this!

This is really an eye-opener.

"The second is to provide subsidies to those who hurt the cruel ones. On the one hand, I will propose it to the Hokage. On the other hand, I will lead the Uchiha clan to comfort and help them every now and then."

"These cruel ones have already lost their voting rights as Jonin."

Rosen rolled his eyes at Uchiha Madara: "This is an opportunity to change the overall impression of Uchiha, let everyone in Konoha know that you, Uchiha Madara, remember everyone who has contributed to Konoha, as well as those who hurt and cruel people. They have descendants. When their descendants grow up, do you think they will be close to Uchiha?"

"You know about the salt fields along the coast that all the clans in Konoha have been paying attention to recently, right? Now that all the major ninja clans are vying for this piece of cake, what do you think you should do?"