Postwar Conference (2)

After a half-minute silence, seeing that no one spoke, Feng spoke again:

"If there are no objections regarding development, then we will proceed to the third item: the rewards for everyone."

After he finished speaking, everyone's eyes lit up, and they all pricked up their ears and stared at him in a daze.

Feng didn't keep the audience in suspense any longer and continued:

"Now I will begin to announce the matter of the rewards."

First, take 20 billion from the Moon Country, and 5 billion each from the Tea Country and the Southern Red State Island.

One and a half percent will be divided equally among everyone present, two-tenths will go to all the samurai, two-tenths to the ninjas of the Mobile Unit, three-tenths to the entire Guard Corps, and half a percent to the Scout Corps.

The last ten percent was given as an extra bonus to the officials, ninjas, and samurai below.

The squad leader corresponds to Genin, or a samurai of Genin strength, followed by Chunin and Jonin, each in a ratio of 2:3:5.

Furthermore, those who hold multiple positions can receive additional bonuses multiple times based on their respective roles.

In short, give me all of the 30 billion taels I've scraped together.

Minister of State Affairs, your Cabinet is responsible for distributing the funds. Taro, Bosawa, the four of you will lead the Mobile Unit to supervise the entire process.

Nothing beats the immediate and appealing feeling of receiving cash on the spot.

Especially considering that Feng gave away 30 billion in rewards at once, even the lowest recipient would receive tens of millions of taels (10 taels of Hokage currency ≈ 1 RMB), who wouldn't be impressed by such generosity?

Therefore, when Feng announced the plan, he was greeted with cheers and salutes from everyone present.

"Loyalty!" "For honor!" "I'd die for you!"

The shouts were filled with excitement and gratitude.

Even those who had not yet pledged Koji to Feng, such as Asai (the former deputy captain of the Scout Corps, who became the captain after Hosokawa left), all knelt down and swore allegiance to Feng at this moment.

"Hehe, don't get so excited, the rewards aren't over yet."

Seeing the excited crowd, Feng smiled and spoke again.

Everyone was pleasantly surprised: There's more!?

"Besides money, we also captured many beautiful women from the royal families and noble families of the Southern Red State Island, Rainbow Country, and Moon Country."

I had Nakamura, Ikeda, Koji screen and register all of these individuals.

After the meeting, Hidemasa, Taro, and all of you who are unmarried, go and choose a virgin from a respectable family to be your wife. Each of you may choose one or two maids according to your official rank.

Shimizu Takeshi, Nakamura, Ikeda, Koji, the four of you, keep an eye on this matter and make sure that everyone in the current Samurai Corps, Guard Corps, and Mobile Unit gets married.

If capturing too many beauties isn't enough, buy them from other countries. Make sure to leave none behind.

Feng was very serious and earnest, and at the end, he emphasized each word carefully.

Sending out beautiful women was a special arrangement he came up with based on certain considerations.

First, it was to fulfill pre-war promises; second, it was to win over the hearts and minds of the people.

But the real reason, of course, is that what seems ridiculous is actually a bond within the Ninja World theme.

Soldiers have wives and families, and in a couple of years they'll have children; this is enough to keep almost everyone's heart.

Of course, it can also be interpreted using China political tactics: by taking the soldiers' families hostage, their loyalty is ensured and they are less likely to betray the cause.

"Lord!!" "Sir?!"

However, this didn't particularly appeal to the people in front of them, so their reactions varied greatly.

People like Sada Hidemasa, who came from a traditional samurai background, were naturally grateful.

Taro, being a ninja and a proud Uchiha, was filled with doubt, found it hard to understand, and even resisted it.

"Brother Taro, I remember you were often pressured to get married when we were at home."

Later, the person who stayed by my side never had the chance, nor did they marry the right person.

Now, we have the opportunity and the people, hey, if you still don't agree, I'll tell Uncle Teuchi and Auntie Rice.

Seeing the resistance on Kentaro Uchiha's face, Feng immediately resorted to threatening to tell his parents.

This was a fatal blow to the Uchiha Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, Uchiha, explicitly considered to be "the clan they loved the most deeply."

Kentaro Uchiha:...

How could he tell his parents? He couldn't refute that for a moment.

As for the occasional thought of being unreasonable and disobedient that popped into his mind, he glanced at Feng and remembered that Uchiha always liked to beat them up when he couldn't reason with them, Kentaro quickly shook the thought of disobedience out of his mind.

"Okay, very good, this is settled then."

Oh, by the way, you guys who are getting married should also do your part to double the population within five years.

Next, we come to the last item among wealth, beauty, power, and honor: honor.

My idea is to designate a large area in the center of each of the four capital cities to make a park.

A huge stone tablet was erected in the very center of the park, detailing the general course of this campaign against the Three Kingdoms, and the names of the participants were engraved on it.

Then, in each country's parks, a prominent area is reserved on the stone monuments to inscribe the names of those who have made outstanding contributions to the country.

Enact another law to designate a certain day each year as a holiday, on which everyone must go to the park to pay homage to the people and events inscribed on the monument.

In this way, everyone who has contributed to the country will be remembered and never forgotten by future generations.

Well, none of us have made any particularly outstanding contributions yet, including myself.

Therefore, the newly erected monument does not have anyone's name engraved in a prominent position.

But leaving it blank wouldn't be good either, so I decided to engrave the names of the soldiers who sacrificed their lives during this conquest of the Three Kingdoms on it.

In the future, a shrine will be built next to the park where the monument was erected, specifically to enshrine those who sacrificed their lives for the country. The festival commemorating the monument will also be used to pay homage to the victims at the shrine.

Does anyone have any objections to this idea?

Feng spoke slowly, a smile on his face.

But he was filled with pride, because he knew all too well how shocking and inspiring it would be for those who had never seen such a thing before: to erect a monument for someone and set up a special holiday to commemorate that person.

This is only possible because the world he transmigrated to was Hokage, with the background reference being "Little Memories". If the world he transmigrated to had an ancient China background, this move would have made everyone willing to sacrifice their lives and give their all until their dying breath.

However, it wasn't too different. He even set up a shrine to enshrine the victims, just like the Yasukuni Shrine, which could also shake the hearts of the Ninja World.

"My lord (lord)!!!

They even erected a stone tablet and built a shrine there, and set up special festivals for worship.

Is it true!? You really have to do it!

As Feng had expected, the crowd reacted with great emotion. Although no one shouted "I will do my utmost for the cause," they were nonetheless very excited.

Feng even felt that if he said he could enter the shrine by committing seppuku right now, many people would commit seppuku on the spot.

"Naturally, if no one objects, stone tablets, shrines, and festivals will all be established."

He responded with a calm smile.

After he finished speaking, everyone present scrutinized each other, as if ready to take down anyone who disagreed.

Half a minute later, no one had finished speaking.

Just as Feng was about to speak, Sada Hidemasa impatiently blurted out:

"My lord! Look! No one has any objections, so let's settle on the shrine and festival arrangements."

Feng smiled and said, "Alright, since there are no objections, it's settled then."

However, regarding the stone tablet, I need to clarify that we are currently in a dormant phase.

To avoid premature exposure, we will not engrave our deeds now, only our names. We will engrave the reasons after we decide to publicly reveal our identities in a few years.

I hope everyone won't mind this, and that you'll explain it clearly to your subordinates.

"My lord, no problem, it's just a few years later, we can afford to wait."

"Very well, I have said everything I wanted to say to everyone who has come here."

The wealth, beautiful women, power, and honor promised to everyone before the war have all been delivered.

I hope that in the future, I will not see you on the other side of the battlefield or on the execution platform.

"Then, meeting adjourned!"

Feng spoke again, delivering his final remarks, his face filled with worry and expectation.