In fact, that was indeed the case.
The Uchiha Clan had no issues.
Even without considering the existence of Senju Hashirama, which prevented Senju Tobirama's desire to utterly destroy them from succeeding, even if Senju Hashirama didn't intervene, Senju Tobirama would still be on shaky moral ground.
Because Konoha was established by the two clans.
At least, that was the public perception.
When Uchiha Madara left, not a single member of the Uchiha Clan followed him, and not a single person participated when he returned to fight.
Your older brother already had no moral standing when he seized the Hokage position from them.
Although other clans in Konoha supported Senju Hashirama as Hokage during the Village's founding, that was merely due to their dislike of Uchiha Madara.
It doesn't mean your Hokage position is legitimate!
Because when the two sides established the Village, it was agreed that Uchiha Madara would be Hokage; all Ninja clan leaders knew this, but everyone disagreed because they disliked Uchiha Madara and because of Senju Tobirama's secret promises of benefits.
But that doesn't mean they would stand by and watch you destroy the Uchiha Clan!
After all, if you become Hokage and then ruthlessly eliminate other innocent clans, won't your Hokage family eventually turn on us?
You have to understand.
The reason many Ninja clans joined Konoha back then, besides the immense power of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, which made them impossible to resist, was primarily due to the symbolic meaning of two ancient rival clans being able to reconcile.
This symbolized that for a better future, no matter how deep the hatred, it could be easily let go when the time came.
This constraint of great moral principle symbolized the legitimacy of Konoha's establishment; even if the Ninjas here didn't know its strict meaning, they understood its seriousness.
Once this point is lost.
That would mean the original moral principle was just a lie.
The so-called peaceful coexistence and unity were merely fabrications by Senju Hashirama's family to enslave other families!
This was an extremely serious political fraud.
It could make all the families in Konoha resent the Senju Clan.
After all, no matter how much the Uchiha Clan was disliked, they weren't so two-faced as to deceive everyone like this.
But you tricked everyone into becoming dogs.
Which of these is more serious?
Which is more hateful, it is already self-evident?
Therefore.
The Uchiha Clan would not have any problems at all.
If you dare to kill, Konoha will fall apart.
Perhaps, your Senju Hashirama is strong, and they won't be able to resist him for a short time, so they will humiliatingly submit on the surface.
But you, Senju Hashirama, are human, and you will die!
After you die, a great reckoning will surely come.
Senju Tobirama is not an idiot.
He wouldn't be like his four future disciples, heedlessly wrecking their own foundation.
Naturally, he could see the hidden dangers within this.
Therefore.
As a master of schemes and tricks, the small actions Senju Tobirama took were naturally not for the purpose of annihilating the Uchiha.
They were merely to put some pressure on them.
To force the Uchiha Clan a bit.
To make them offer their own “explanation” and establish his authority.
And facing this situation, some members of the Uchiha Clan, arguing that such extensive Ninja training, almost equivalent to military expansion, might provoke warnings from the Senju Clan, and having completely lost Uchiha Madara's power, they could no longer contend with Senju Hashirama, decided to cease the training, citing the need to express the family's goodwill to Senju Hashirama.
Of course, they still reasonably stated verbally: the clan has many members, and those unsuitable to become elite Ninjas should be diverted to contribute to other areas of the clan.
So, what kind of people can become excellent Ninjas? What kind of people should contribute to other areas of the clan?
The explanation given by the Uchiha elders was, of course, based on the Uchiha Clan's bloodline, distinguishing between main and branch families.
Those with direct bloodlines were more capable of better activating the Uchiha Clan's Bloodline Limit, the Sharingan.
For example, their sons, grandsons, and the descendants of their extended family; such people should, of course, be prioritized for training.
As for others, even if a large sum of money was spent on their training, they might not yield corresponding returns.
Naturally, they were to be left to their own devices.
Of course, to avoid too much opposition within the entire clan, some geniuses could also be appropriately selected from the clan.
To allow them to receive elite training as well!
At that time, Uchiha Tenxiu immediately saw that this was simply the high-ranking members of the damn clan not acting like humans; such behavior, while quickly distinguishing between the children of the high-ranking members and the children of the lower-ranking members, directly broke the Uchiha Clan's original unity and marked the beginning of internal strife.
Unfortunately, no one else saw it.
The only one who saw it, Uchiha Tenxiu, couldn't stand up and refute it; otherwise, if he showed any hint, not to mention whether the Uchiha Clan could react correctly, Uchiha Tenxiu himself would definitely be exposed, drawing the attention of Senju Tobirama, his father's killer, to the fact that a child of his enemy was still alive.
In the end, only a few stood up against this decision.
Many people genuinely felt that in this relatively peaceful Village, being able to do other more profitable things was also a better path.
After all, those with direct bloodlines have better talent, isn't that obvious? And since I can't become an elite Ninja anyway, why not choose another path and earn more money?
Thus.
The Uchiha Clan then established this incredibly idiotic “elite Ninja” policy.
Hmm!
It was decades earlier than the future actions of the Sand Ninjas.
Uchiha Tenxiu was almost laughing in anger!
Even the branch families of the Uchiha Clan had to be specially selected before they could undergo elite Ninja training.
Not to mention the children of the original subordinate Ninja families!
They were even excluded from the unified Ninja training.
As for these children of subordinate Ninja families.
It wasn't that they couldn't become Ninjas.
They would just go back home and be left to their own devices!
As for whether only training Ninjas from the main bloodline at great cost, while leaving other Ninjas to their own devices, would affect the Uchiha Clan's combat strength.
Uchiha Ming, as the Second Elder, gave the reason that since the entire Ninja World was peaceful now, the Uchiha Clan no longer needed to maintain so many combat Ninjas!
They should put more effort into other areas to gain more benefits from the Village.
Upon hearing this, Uchiha Tenxiu was furious in his heart, thinking: Uchiha Ming, you motherfucker.
At this point!
Uchiha Tenxiu finally understood who the bastard behind this series of changes in the clan was.
Needless to say.
It was this Second Elder, Uchiha Ming!
Because this scumbag.
Had a son named Uchiha Kagami.
Who would later be taken as a disciple by Senju Tobirama.
Even now, he was being brought along and trained by him, under the guise of easing tensions with the Uchiha Clan.
His son received excellent training, so he didn't care about others' lives, blocking their paths and preventing them from progressing.
This piece of shit, Uchiha Ming.
I will kill his entire family, sooner or later.
Uchiha Tenxiu swore through gritted teeth.
Because, in this selection.
Uchiha Tenxiu was highly likely to be eliminated.
Born into a branch of the Uchiha.
Orphaned, with no power or influence.
Without any backing or support.
If they were to choose children from the branch members to train, how could he compare to the children of those branch members who had Jonin parents!
This meant he would be left to his own devices.
How could Uchiha Tenxiu accept this fate?
He knew then that after Senju Hashirama died in a few years, Senju Tobirama would inherit the Second Hokage position.
At that time, the Uchiha Clan would definitely be even more strictly guarded; once he lost the current training opportunity, he probably wouldn't have a better training method in the future.
Coupled with the potential Ninja World War, if his strength didn't improve now, he would be cannon fodder on the battlefield, just waiting to die.
Unless he was completely unprepared and mindlessly defected to become a rogue Ninja.
Of course, Uchiha Tenxiu couldn't just accept his fate like that.
Thus, a series of operations, which could be described as “bizarre” in the Ninja World, emerged...