After a thorough review, Uchiha Tenxiu gained an in-depth understanding of every person, every piece of information, and every intelligence report related to his Clan, leaving no detail overlooked.
Next, Uchiha Tenxiu separated those capable of joining the Uchiha Police Force from ordinary Clan members who did not meet the requirements, meticulously recording each person's information, including their specialties and abilities, on paper.
For those powerful and loyal Clan members, Uchiha Tenxiu would arrange for them to work in the Uchiha Clan Military Police Force, allowing them to control Konoha's power for him.
At the same time, this would open various convenient doors for his subsequent plan to exploit Konoha.
As for those Clan members who were slightly weaker but still loyal, Uchiha Tenxiu would have them undertake specific missions exclusively issued by his external trade caravans, such as serving as caravan guards or covering the transfer of other Clan members.
Regarding Clan members whose strength was insufficient and whose loyalty could not be confirmed, Uchiha Tenxiu would take more cautious measures. He would directly place cursed seals on them and set various restrictions to ensure they could not contact the outside world.
After all, no one knew if there were any traitors to the Uchiha Clan among these people. If even one spy or traitor was mixed in, his secrets would inevitably be exposed.
Then, Uchiha Tenxiu would secretly transfer them to Great Zhou, leaving only their names on the public roster. He would then use the United Commerce Association to find people similar to them to maintain their presence, avoiding unnecessary suspicion.
Even if an investigation were to occur later, at least this Clan member would appear to exist, and whether they actually showed up would depend solely on his mood.
"After all this, my lineage in Konoha will probably be a name only, a mere shell. Besides that, perhaps only those twenty-odd Uchiha Clan Military Police Force members will remain!" Uchiha Tenxiu sighed inwardly, yet without the slightest hesitation. His gaze slowly swept over the other branch families of the Clan, carefully reviewing each person's information.
This information was extremely important intelligence, usually only accessible to the Clan's elders.
Even though Uchiha Tenxiu was already prepared to succeed Uchiha Raimon as an elder, in the past, he would never have easily obtained this intelligence. But now, after becoming an elder, this important intelligence was so unguardedly displayed before him, as if intentionally revealing itself.
Uchiha Tenxiu couldn't help but think of Uchiha Ming, that elder. His ability to gain such importance from Senju Tobirama was probably related to this. After all, possessing such crucial intelligence is vital for any Clan.
This single roster of Clan members already gave Uchiha Tenxiu countless ideas and countermeasures. Through this information, he could understand each Clan member's strength, specialties, and relationships. With this understanding, he could devise various strategies to deal with possible situations. Not to mention, he could turn those weak and inconspicuous Clan members into obedient puppets.
"Senju Tobirama will not miss this opportunity. Given his viciousness, there must be people within the Clan who are controlled by him, or even had their identities replaced. Otherwise, where did he get the Sharingan for his research in Konoha Village in the original story?"
"It's just that after eight years of recuperation, there are only about four thousand people, with half of the population being elderly, weak, or sick. Even so, it's not easy to find spies among them." Uchiha Tenxiu frowned, looking at the total of four thousand one hundred people on the Clan roster, and couldn't help but feel troubled.
This necessitates a brief discussion of the Uchiha Clan's population information and the situation of its high-ranking members after joining Konoha.
The Uchiha Clan, having endured a thousand years of turmoil during the Sengoku period, was always a prominent force, only able to be resisted by the Senju Clan combined with a large number of allies.
Since seven to eight hundred years ago, its population generally remained around five to six thousand.
For the next few centuries, it occasionally flourished, reaching numbers of over ten thousand, and when in decline, it never fell below two to three thousand.
Of course, before joining Konoha, due to the disastrous defeats in the last two wars, the population once plummeted to two to three thousand people.
Yes! Mostly elderly, weak, and sick.
After all, they were twice tricked by Uchiha Madara.
Originally, Ninja would retreat if they couldn't win.
Strategic retreat was nothing to be ashamed of.
However, Uchiha Madara seemed to have lost his mind, constantly clashing with Senju Hashirama regardless of the situation.
In the early stages, it was fine; both sides were evenly matched. The Uchiha Clan suffered as many casualties as the Senju Clan.
In the middle stage, the Hagoromo Clan was annihilated, and the Uchiha began to fall into an encirclement. The situation started to become unfavorable, but they could still hold on.
It wasn't until Senju Tobirama killed Uchiha Izuna that the balance was completely broken. Uchiha Madara left with Izuna, abandoning a large number of Clan members on the battlefield. This not only led to many Clan elites being captured by Senju Hashirama but also sowed the seeds of rebellion among the Clan members against their leader, Uchiha Madara. It was from this moment that the Uchiha Clan's high-level combat power decreased, and they fell completely into a disadvantage.
Originally, according to a thousand years of tradition, if the battle situation was unfavorable, they would directly retreat to another place to recuperate for a period.
Ninja have a thousand ways to escape and hide.
The Ninja World is vast; it's not impossible to hide.
However, Uchiha Madara refused to listen.
He insisted on continuing the fight.
He also claimed to have obtained the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
This time, he would definitely win.
Alright! You, Uchiha Madara, are powerful.
The Clan members would trust him one more time.
What happened next, the entire Ninja World knows.
Uchiha Madara was defeated by Senju Hashirama's Sage Mode.
Senju Hashirama intended to commit suicide to compensate Uchiha Madara for losing his brother, which completely moved Uchiha Madara. Eventually, the two chose to reconcile and began the establishment of Konoha Ninja Village.
But in reality, Uchiha Madara's actions had completely lost the hearts of the entire Uchiha Clan.
Originally, the Senju Clan and the Uchiha Clan were evenly matched.
And they had their ally, the Hagoromo Clan, which they had maintained for several hundred years, to counter Senju Hashirama's allies.
But then you, a friend of Senju Hashirama, were flirting with him and actually stood by as the Senju Clan annihilated your ally, the Hagoromo Clan.
This led to the unfavorable situation where the Uchiha Clan began to be surrounded by various Ninja Clans.
Fine, the ally was destroyed, so be it.
If you could lead the Clan to victory, everyone would acknowledge you.
After all, your strength, Uchiha Madara, was indeed strong, on par with Senju Hashirama, and you could protect the safety of the Clan members.
But the result was that Uchiha Madara couldn't do it.
Not to mention, even if you, Uchiha Madara, were powerful enough to ignore those minor Ninja Clans, what about abandoning Clan members on the battlefield later? Is your brother Izuna's life a life, but our Clan members' lives are not? Abandoning the Hagoromo Clan members led to the entire Clan being surrounded, and abandoning Clan members caused severe losses to his own Clan.
Again and again.
Although Uchiha Madara was powerful, the people within the Clan were angry but dared not speak, yet they were still full of anger and dissatisfaction.
So, it's easy to imagine what happened next. When Uchiha Madara offered no explanation and simply wanted to take everyone away from Konoha, everyone naturally refused without hesitation.
After all, it was you who wanted to establish the Village with others, and now that you didn't become Hokage, you feel you've been wronged.
Either you find a way to kill Senju Hashirama and reclaim the Hokage position, and everyone might still acknowledge you.
But you actually want to take everyone away?
Could it be that, with you, Senju Hashirama's defeated opponent, the people in the Clan would believe you could protect everyone?
Believing you is less reliable than believing in the God of Shinobi's strength!
At least, by staying in Konoha, they could truly stay away from war.
So, when Uchiha Madara, without much explanation, wanted to take the Clan members away, everyone rejected the idea, and he then believed the Clan members had betrayed him.
In reality, he himself was also at fault.
Having been defeated twice so disastrously, he could no longer guarantee the Clan's safety. No one could guarantee that the Uchiha Clan, after leaving Konoha, wouldn't be purged by the Senju Clan. Could it be just because of the friendship between you, Uchiha Madara, and Senju Hashirama?
And you think the other party won't settle scores later?
Who could believe that?
Compared to believing that, it would be better to believe that you, Uchiha Madara, would use your friendship as a means to directly assassinate Senju Hashirama.
At least that chance is greater!