Daily Life of the Third Hokage

After a while, the two sides have been working hard.

He calmed down.

Sarutobi Hiruzen continued, "There are so many positions, ministers of various departments, committee members, etc. In order to prevent a series of problems caused by long-term employment, I think that an assessment should be conducted every five years to assess the merits and demerits during the term of office, and divided into three assessment levels: upper, middle, and lower.

Those who are on the assessment can stay in office, be promoted, transferred, etc. according to their wishes.

Those who are on the assessment need to cooperate with the village's policies to stay in office or transfer.

Those who are not on the assessment will be directly demoted or dismissed according to the village's review and judgment."

He paused and spit out four more words, "Including the Hokage."

This scared Danzo a lot.

"Huruzen, you are still young, there is no need to pass on the throne so early."

"No, it's not passing on the throne, it's election. All qualified jonin in Konoha can run for election. No matter whether it is a family ninja or a civilian ninja, whoever can get the majority vote in the jonin meeting can become Hokage.

We need a good system to constrain the ninja clan, let them fight for the position of Hokage, let them fight and fight under the rules we set. And the rules we set must be based on the core interests of the village. If you want to take the position of Hokage, you must put the village first."

Danzo looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen as if everything was in his mind, so he smiled and said:

"Since Hiruzen has made up your mind, then announce it at tomorrow's jonin meeting. I think everyone will support it."

Danzo was actually very happy in his heart. He had planned to be behind Hiruzen for the rest of his life.

So he might become Hokage in five years, which made Danzo excited.

Seeing Danzo's mouth slightly upturned, Sarutobi Hiruzen knew what he was thinking, but it didn't matter. Did he really think that he could compete with those young people in five years?

Or would he be recognized by most people in the village?

But he would only be in his 30s in five years. Wouldn't it be too early to retire?

Sarutobi Hiruzen interrupted his fantasy: "Danzo, I hope you can reveal the matter about the Fire Trade Company at the Jonin meeting tomorrow."

The Fire Trade Company was mainly caused by the Shimura family and the Utatane family in conjunction with some small families. Sarutobi Hiruzen has dismissed an assistant Hokage for this matter. It would be a pity to make a mess. It would be better for Danzo to reveal it himself, so that there would be room for maneuver.

Now it depends on how much affection Danzo has for his family. If Danzo does a good job in this matter, it is not impossible for him to be a second Hokage and have fun.

Danzo pondered for a long time and said, "Originally, I was the first one to investigate the matter of the Fire Trade Company. It's just right for me to explain it. Don't worry, Hiruzen, we will always be partners."

"Yeah, tomorrow's Jonin meeting may be a turning point for the village. Go, rest early and get enough energy." Sarutobi Hiruzen began to drive people away, and handed his written speech to Danzo.

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The next day, after the large conference room was cleaned in advance, people came one after another.

"Patriarch You'an, how are you recently?" Shimura Hiro, the patriarch of the Shimura clan, greeted Sarutobi You'an, the patriarch of the Sarutobi clan.

Sarutobi You'an laughed and said, "Eat well, sleep well, everything is good. If you want to live long, you should worry less about other things. There are so many young people in the family. If you don't let them do some work, the family can't afford it."

This is to point out Shimura Hiro, saying that he shouldn't interfere in so many things.

"I also want to let go, but the young people in the clan are still too young, and many things are not handled so well. The elders in the clan are very dissatisfied. There is no way. I, an old man, can only come. Alas, I have a hard life." Shimura Hiro shook his head and said. If I also have a nephew to be Hokage, it will be my turn to laugh at you.

On the other side, the two powerful families sat together. Hyuga Nobuaki tilted his head and wanted to communicate with Uchiha Setsuna: "Clan leader Setsuna, this Jonin meeting..."

Who knew that he was interrupted by Uchiha Setsuna as soon as he opened his mouth: "I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it. Our Uchiha is now the head of the family, you can talk to him about the family's affairs." He stood up and called Uchiha Kagami who was sitting next to the rostrum.

Is it necessary? Now Hyuga Nobuaki also knew the answer. Kagami is the head, who is Kagami? He is the teammate of the third generation and the current Hokage's assistant. There is no doubt that Uchiha will definitely side with the Hokage.

It's a pity that we Hyuga don't have a clan member who assists the Hokage, Hyuga Nobuaki thought silently.

However, he didn't think about it. Doesn't the Shimura family have a clan member assisted by the Hokage? Doesn't the Utane family have a clan member assisted by the Hokage? If the clan leader is not good enough, the clan members assisted by the Hokage will also be implicated.

While thinking about it, Uchiha Kagami came over and asked: "Senior Shinsumi, are you okay?"

"Nothing." Hinata Shinsumi, who already knew the answer, distanced himself from him without hesitation.

Uchiha Kagami, who had been bored, could only return to his seat in a sullen manner. Just when he saw Danzo coming in, he smiled and nodded.

Danzo also nodded seriously, then walked around the conference table, came to the left side of the main seat and sat down, and spread out the documents in his hand one by one. Looking at his serious look, he was actually a little excited in his heart. Maybe he would be a second-level shadow this time? The second-level shadow is also a shadow, and he can run for Hokage in five years.

Immersed in his beautiful dream, Danzo didn't notice when Sarutobi Hiruzen had already sat down.

"Yan, have you seen all the jonins?"

Mitomon Yan stood up and looked around and said, "Hokage-sama, all the jonins in office, except those who have missions outside the village, are here. The former assistant Hokage, Koharu Utatane, has not arrived yet."

"Koharu, let her be. You take notes. Danzo, let's start." Sarutobi Hiruzen said, looking at Danzo.

Seeing that Danzo was still in a daze, he gently knocked on the table and woke Danzo up.

After Danzo woke up, he found that everyone was looking at him, and Mito Kado En was also winking at him. He hurriedly picked up the documents on the table and read them. After a while, he stood up and read out: "Three years ago, in order to ease the relationship between the nobles and ninjas in the Land of Fire, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Daimyo of the Land of Fire initiated and established the Fire Trade Company, of which Konoha accounted for 30%, the Daimyo Prefecture accounted for 30%, and the Daimyo accounted for 30%. The remaining two layers were divided equally among the nobles. For three years, the village has not received any share from the Fire Trade Company.

This year, I, Shimura Danzo, was assigned by the Third Hokage to find out the cause of this incident. After several months of open and secret investigations...

There are ninjas from the village involved... The list of participants in this incident is as follows: Shimura XX.......Tanara XX...Hayate XX...

...This move seriously damaged the unity of the village and the friendship with the Daimyo, causing huge losses to the village and causing immeasurable damage to the reputation of the village."