After the generous distribution of money, the attitudes of the representatives of the major ninja clans below improved significantly, and there were many more smiles on their faces.
It's normal to have this kind of reaction.
After all, who doesn't like leaders who give themselves money?
"The second thing."
Namikawa Yū looked at the many representatives of the ninja clan in front of him. "This war exposed many problems."
"Many ninjas in the village have weak foundations and master different techniques. They are completely unable to cooperate on the battlefield."
"If this problem is not resolved, it will have a huge impact on the village."
"So starting from this year, regardless of whether you are a ninja or not, as long as you are of the right age, you will be sent to the Ninja Academy for unified learning."
He looked at the people in front of him. "What do you think?"
Second Hokage founded Ninja Academy to cultivate Commoner Ninja and at the same time increase the cohesion of the village.
Judging from the results, although part of the purpose was achieved, the effect was still not significant enough.
Because the major ninja clans did not send their own family-age children to the Ninja Academy.
The reason for this is that the major ninja clans themselves control the training of ninjas.
They will train the children of their own family and teach their family's secret techniques to their clan members so that they can become qualified ninjas.
They have done this for many years.
Since there is a way to train ninjas in my family, there is no need to send people to the Ninja Academy.
After all, the things taught by the Ninja Academy were too basic, and there were not even a few decent techniques. Even for a ninja with a little experience, there was no need to waste time by sending members of his family there.
But this also led to many problems.
The first is the issue of teaching ability.
The ninjas who have survived from the Warring States Period to the present have some skills, either with Kekkei Genkai, or with unique inherited secret techniques.
The former is Uchiha, Hyūga and other families, while the latter is represented by Ino-Shika-Cho.
The great ninja clan has a profound heritage. Not only does it have sufficient resources, but it also has enough techniques for the clan members to learn. The ninjas they teach not only have no shortcomings, but also master the family's unique secret techniques, and their level is significantly higher than other ninjas.
But there are also many ninja clans who, even though they only have some rudimentary secret skills within the clan, still insist on clinging to those secret skills.
Ninjas taught in this way often have weak foundations and shortcomings in many aspects, except for the set of secret techniques they have mastered.
It may not be noticeable at ordinary times, but once it is put on the battlefield, it will become a big problem.
In previous wars, Konoha Ninja exposed many such problems.
The second is the issue of dominance and cohesion.
Whether ninjas are taught by the ninja clan or by the Ninja Academy, this is a question of who takes the lead.
For a ninja who was completely trained by the ninja clan themselves, would he identify more with Konoha or with his own ninja clan identity?
There are only a few people like Itachi Uchiha who eat from the Uchiha Clan but choose to destroy the nine tribes themselves in the end.
Most normal people eat the food of their own family, so they will naturally prefer their family.
So what Namikawa Yū wants to do at this moment is to take away the education rights of the next generation of ninjas from the hands of the ninja clan, and try to transform future ninjas into people who love Konoha.
The beautiful name is compulsory education.
"Compulsory education?"
Listening to Namikawa Yū's words, all the representatives of the ninja clan present were dumbfounded.
They looked at each other in confusion. Listening to Namikawa Yū's words, they all doubted their own ears at this moment.
"Lord Hokage, what you said...
... Is it true?"
Clan Head of the Nara Clan asked, hoping to get a positive reply from Namikawa Yū.
"Of course it's true."
Namikawa Yū nodded. "From today on, all school-age children in the village must be sent to the Ninja Academy for six years of basic ninja education."
"If you pass the Basic Ninja Educator, you can be awarded the title Genin."
Regardless of age, everyone is sent to the Ninja Academy for ninja training?
Listening to Namikawa Yū's words, everyone present couldn't help but take a breath.
What a big deal.
Senju Tobirama created Ninja Academy in the past with the intention of cultivating Commoner Ninja.
But to be honest, after several years, the effect of this measure is just that.
It's certainly not true that it has no effect at all, but it's hard to say how effective it is.
The reason for this is because of the limit on the number of people.
Limited by teaching costs, although Ninja Academy recruits students, the number of students recruited is not too large. Not only does it have requirements for students' status, but they must also meet the talent standards.
Although it is said to be training Commoner Ninja, it is equivalent to elite education.
This didn't change much even later.
Even though the number of Konoha and Commoner Ninja has greatly increased decades later, ninjas from the ninja clan still account for the majority.
The reason for this is mainly due to cost considerations.
The training of ninja is very resource-intensive.
Forgetting various explosive symbols, Kunai and the like, various things needed for daily teaching also need to be invested.
These investments are so large that even if Ninja Academy collects tuition fees, it cannot be responsible for its own profits and losses. Konoha must continue to allocate funds.
And now, Namikawa Yū said that compulsory education is required?
The first reaction of everyone present was where the money came from.
"Su Ga bluntly said, do you really want to include all the children of Konoha?"
Utatane Koharu frowned and said politely, "I'm afraid the village's financial resources are not enough to support it."
It's more than enough to support it.
Once this plan comes out, given Konoha's current financial situation, I'm afraid it won't be able to sustain it for long.
After all, although Konoha is not big, there are still hundreds of thousands of people in it.
Among them, the number of children suitable for school, even if calculated superficially, is at least ten thousand or twenty thousand.
With so many people recruited into the Ninja Academy, not to mention whether there are so many teachers, the annual consumption alone is an extremely huge number.
"Don't worry about funding for now."
Responding to Utatane Koharu's words, Namikawa Yū smiled, "Except for the funds allocated to you ninjas, the funds received from Daimyo will be invested in the Ninja Academy to expand the school and recruit teachers."
"Even if this is the case, it can only be supported for a period of time at most.
Utatane Koharu hesitated to speak.
"That's another thing I want to say."
Namikawa Yū looked at the people in front of him and spoke softly at this moment, "The income in the village is too monotonous. It is too passive to rely entirely on Daimyo's allocation and task entrustment.
"So from today on, Commerce and Transportation Department is established."
Commerce and Department of Transportation door?
Listening to Namikawa Yū's words, everyone present couldn't help but look at each other.