Governing a Country with Clones Is Amazing

With the support of Team 7, who had wiped out Kazahana Dōtō, and with Kazahana Koyuki, the rightful heir, in a high position, they quickly gained the recognition of the entire Land of Snow.

The process was very simple; Kazahana Koyuki basically did nothing—most of the specific tasks were handled by Team 7.

It's nothing more than announcing to the crowd that I've defeated Kazahana Dōtō, and his corpse is hanging on the lampposts. You who know what's good for you will obediently listen to me and go do what you're supposed to do!

In addition, all remaining members of the Kazahana Dōtō faction who have not yet defected should be arrested, purged, or dismissed.

As for the Snow Ninja escaped, most of them returned to the Snow Ninja base after receiving orders. Apart from the residences of high-ranking officials such as Kazahana Dōtō, which were affected by the battle, the rest of the castle was relatively intact and could still be inhabited after some repairs.

Some managed to escape with a glimmer of hope, only to be captured by Sasuke and Naruto. Of course, they weren't kept in the Snow Ninja base anymore, but in a dark dungeon.

The new government's policies were mostly the same as those of the previous regime, except that the orders for militarism were abolished. The Land of Snow no longer needed or could support such a large number of Snow Ninja.

So the group of people currently living in the Snow Ninja Base is giving Kazahana Koyuki a headache. The Land of Snow doesn't have enough mission orders to support this group of people, and they used to be Kazahana Dōtō's henchmen, so they're not easy to use... The only option is to slowly assess them, keep the ones who are useful, dismiss or expel the ones who are not, imprison the ones who have committed many evils, and hang the ones who have committed heinous crimes from streetlights.

Sakura discovered that ninjas had a significant advantage in governing a country.

Ninjas have a huge advantage in government work, especially in conveying orders and inspecting the grassroots level. In a country like the Land of Snow, Sakura can even create hundreds of Ice Clones at once to directly deliver the temporary government's orders to the lowest level, achieving a completely flat government design.

If she were even more tireless, she could carve out even more roles, even taking on grassroots work, thus creating the myth of a one-person government... What Sakura didn't know was that Naruto actually showed signs of doing just that in the ending of Hokage. This is why the seemingly foolish Naruto could become a qualified Hokage —no matter how stupid a leader is, as long as he's always willing to go down to the grassroots, he's more qualified than 99% of leaders...

This sounds fantastical, but since the Hokage world has fantastical things like Chakra, Ninjutsu, and Clone Technique, it would be truly fantastical if it were also similar to Sakura's past life.

In fact, the clones created by ninjas generally possess basic logical abilities, which is why they can be used in combat to handle complex battlefield situations, rather than being mere life-size figurines with only a physical appearance. The more advanced the clone, the stronger its thinking ability. Naruto's Shadow Clone can work together to complete extremely complex tactics, and they can even compete with the original Naruto for the toilet...

If we consider the ninja and his clones as a team, then the team's cohesion and centripetal force should surpass any team or organization in human history. It would be far more capable of forming a company than Alibaba and the Eighteen Arhats, and of course, handling the affairs of the Land of Snow would be a piece of cake for it as well.

Sakura's Ice Clone, of course, possess their own thought processes. While not as intelligent as her main body, they are still far superior to Naruto's. She uses a mix of combat and reconnaissance clones: combat clones don't provide experience feedback, only consume Chakra, and don't burden the main body's mind, so they are mass-produced for various tedious tasks; reconnaissance clones are used for important tasks requiring immediate feedback. They can dissolve the clone the moment a situation is detected, relaying the information back to the main body. These clones are only produced in small quantities to avoid exhausting Sakura.

As for the true self?

Naturally, it involved sitting in the daimyo's residence, having afternoon tea with the daimyo, chatting and joking... cough cough, it was more about reporting on work and discussing government affairs.

"Clones are so useful~!" This girl leisurely knelt in front of the desk, flipping through the documents. Every now and then, an Ice Clone would present her with new documents that she had initially processed. Since they were handed over by her combat clone, she had to look at them again and then select the important ones to hand over to Kazahana Koyuki.

Overall, the work was relatively easy—except for the fact that creating so many Ice Clones at once was a bit tiring.

So the girl still had the leisure to express her feelings. She even started chatting with Kazahana Koyuki, saying that with such a powerful tool as clones, why didn't the ninjas go to the daimyo or high-ranking officials themselves?

"Of course it's because the Land of Snow and you are special cases!" Kazahana Koyuki said dismissively. She sat behind Sakura, lazily watching the girl read the work report to her, and then casually wrote down the daimyo's important instructions.

She had a point. Although the Land of Snow was called a country, its actual population was probably only about the same as an administrative district of the Land of Fire, and it was dirt poor. Even if its people wanted to cause trouble, they wouldn't be able to make a name for themselves. If it weren't for the current transition period after the overthrow of Kazahana Dōtō, the whole country wouldn't have much government affairs to deal with.

There aren't many ninjas like Sakura who can easily create hundreds of clones for long-term use. A large number of clones often means low quality. In battle, a large number of low-powered clones are not as good as a few strong and durable ones. So basically no one studies this kind of Ninjutsu.

In addition, the Jonin were also impatient with doing this kind of work. Sakura, for example, was now second only to the emperor in the Land of Land of Snow. However, the girl did not feel the beauty of power at all. Instead, she felt that this kind of work was too tiring and that she would rather play some Ninjutsu!

In short, the provisional government's work went smoothly. The Ice Clone were directly transmitting orders to the lowest levels, so no one dared to play tricks, such as deceiving superiors or concealing information.

Sometimes, while on the sidelines, they could also listen to the people's sentiments, and expose those who had performed poorly or even those who had exploited the people, such as officials or local gentry, to seize land from the wealthy and redistribute it... cough cough, wrong, it was to hold a public trial.

"Seize their homes! Seize their homes!" Kazahana Koyuki became excited upon seeing such a report. "The men will be imprisoned, and the women will be sold into prostitution!"

However, the Land of Snow did not have a prison large enough to house so many prisoners, nor was its economy developed enough to support high-class brothels like those in the entertainment district.

Sakura rolled her eyes at her. "Can't you be a little more reliable? Give me some acting like a daimyo!" Yuki chuckled, "Then let's stick to the usual routine."

Don't be fooled by Xue's appearance. She's ruthless when dealing with these people. She can just give all the troublesome guys the name "Remnants of the Kazahana Dōtō" and wipe them out. With her clone around, she doesn't have to worry about them making false accusations or causing trouble.

As for the hatred that this will cause... we can just shift the blame to the provisional government after the new Land of Snow Daimyo's government is established.

This guy's shamelessness is on par with that of a born politician.

Of course, the consequence of such willfulness was that the middle and upper echelons of the Land of Snow were completely sidelined... However, Sakura and Yuki thought it was perfect, since all of these former lackeys of Kazahana Dōtō were going to be purged anyway, and then new people would be promoted from below to reconstruct the entire regime. These people would all become Kazahana Koyuki's loyal followers.

After this series of actions, the entire Land of Snow was completely subdued—those who were not subdued were either hung on lampposts or sent to jail.

The entire Land of Snow is now peaceful and prosperous, with a clear and efficient political system, all under the control of these few women.

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