I have a bunch of relatives who want to be Hokage

The four big guys on the stage also laughed and watched with gusto.

Namikaze Minato laughed the loudest.

However, although Nara Shikaku is a person who is very afraid of trouble, he can handle any kind of situation quite well.

So he turned a speech into a cross talk, and the laughter on and off the stage was loud.

However, in this way, he still expresses his theme well.

Don’t forget your original intention and look to the future.

The ninja world is very dangerous. Although the past has been glorious, we still need to work hard in the future and we must not underestimate ourselves.

The smoother the village is, the more alert it is to possible crises, and the efforts of the predecessors must not be ruined by the laziness of future generations.

After the call ended, the ninjas nodded frequently and felt the same way.

The villagers felt at ease.

The original mentality of watching the show has become much more serious.

But this seriousness only lasted until Nara Shikaku bowed to everyone and stepped down.

It’s time to get serious, let’s watch the show first!

Compared with the first two candidates, the atmosphere for the remaining two candidates is not so peaceful.

Uchiha Fugaku and Sarutobi Saizo looked at each other, the air was a little heavy.

"Chief Saizo, are you too nervous?" Uchiha Fugaku asked with a smile.

But his heart was not so peaceful, because he saw the desperate determination in Sarutobi Saizo's eyes.

This guy is obviously going to make big news, and there is a high probability that it will be that way.

Uchiha Fugaku remembered what Uchiha Shingen said in the letter, and felt relieved but also puzzled.

Does this guy know a little too much about the Sarutobi clan?

Moreover, this guy Shingen is dishonest. He never finishes his words every time. I didn’t expect him to have this idea at first.

Sometimes, Uchiha Fugaku really doesn't know whether Uchiha Shingen is taking every step, or whether he thinks what comes out.

The main reason is that the step-by-step approach is not in line with Uchiha Shingen's personality in front of everyone.

He personally still thinks the latter is more likely.

"Chief Saizou, do you mind if I take the stage first?" Uchiha Fugaku said.

"Actually, I quite mind it." Sarutobi Saizo said with a straight face at first, and then smiled, "You're just kidding, we are not enemies, we just have to do our best."

In Uchiha Fugaku's eyes, the determination in the other party's eyes had not weakened at all.

"Then I'll have the audacity to go first." Uchiha Fugaku suppressed his uneasiness, nodded to Sarutobi Saizo, and then took the stage.

The first thing I saw was a pair of eyes that were as bright as light bulbs.

It almost gave him a diaphragm.

He turned around and said hello to the four bosses first.

The expressions of Namikaze Minato and Sarutobi Hiruzen were kind and encouraging, and the expressions of the two advisors and elders could only be described as accurate.

Inexplicably, Uchiha Fugaku thought of what Uchiha Shingen said once when he was talking to him about asking for funds.

Some people become Hokage because there is no higher position for them, and some people become counselor elders because they can only be counselor elders.

Although this sentence is full of personal emotional preferences, at this time, Uchiha Fugaku felt that it was quite pertinent.

No longer thinking about these things, Uchiha Fugaku turned around, faced the melon-eating crowd below, and said the first sentence.

"Hello everyone, my name is Uchiha Fugaku, I..."

Before he finished speaking, someone shouted immediately below.

"Clan Chief Fugaku, please don't introduce yourself. We all know that you are a good person and love to play. Just talk about the topic."

Uchiha Fugaku's face immediately darkened.

Are you an idiot? How can you say it in public? ?

I, Uchiha Fugaku, advise you to be kind!

"What...what kind of food...I have no interest in calligraphy at all!"

Everyone burst into laughter.

The voice that annoyed Uchiha Fugaku sounded again.

"We didn't talk about calligraphy either. You can talk about the topic directly. We have been waiting for you for a long time!"

Chapter 17 Uchiha Fugaku’s Theme

Watching Uchiha Fugaku's "interaction" with everyone on the stage, Sarutobi Saizou was filled with envy.

Uchiha, after all, are Uchiha, and they always have a special status in the hearts of Konoha ninjas.

Before the clan meeting, he really thought about fighting for the position of Hokage's assistant, but as soon as the clan meeting started, he gave up.

The Sarutobi clan is now in a very dangerous situation.

The danger is not a decline in strength, but mentality.

The decline in strength of the Sarutobi clan is only reflected at the highest level. In terms of overall strength, it is still at the forefront of Konoha. In the current environment, this is not a problem.

But the mentality is fatal.

The Ninja clan and the Ninja clan are also different. Strength can be cultivated and endured, but it is difficult to improve the ability to survive.

Organizations like the Ninja Village are the natural enemies of most ninjas.

Leaving aside the ninja clan in myths and legends, today's ninja clans were all born in the Warring States Period.

With the help of the ancient social form of clan and the need to inherit ninjutsu, the ninja clan was born.

However, the ninja clan with blood inheritance and the ninja clan without blood inheritance are inherently different in their ability to survive.

Without blood inheritance, or in other words, without a strong enough blood inheritance, the foundation that maintains the ninja clan as an organization is just the inheritance of ninjutsu.

The ninja village model created by Senju Hashirama inherently provides a better platform for those ninjas who do not have blood inheritance - the ninja village has the most complete ninjutsu library and a relatively fairer ninjutsu acquisition mechanism. .

If a ninja clan has no blood successor, or even a special secret system, it will easily collapse under the impact of the ninja village.

Ninjas are very realistic. Ninjas without blood inheritance are essentially just a place to acquire ninjutsu. They do not attach much importance to the blood relationship that has long been separated from each other. Their attention is limited to their own families.

After all, this is a group of people who essentially pursue power.

The First Ninja War accelerated this evolution.

By the time of the Second Ninja World War, a considerable number of the civilian ninjas who had increased in size were former ninjas of the ninja clan. Between the ninja village and the former ninja clan, these people chose the ninja village and became small families. Ninjas in the unit - civilian ninjas at that time, often a family of three were all ninjas.

The Sarutobi clan has been able to maintain its existence until now. In addition to their own ninjutsu system that is relatively independent from the outside world, Sarutobi Hiruzen's high position as Hokage also played a big role.

However, the Sarutobi clan's ninjutsu system has limited independence. On the contrary, the Inar, Deer, and Butterfly clan, as well as Aburame and Inuzuka, are secret arts families. The specificity and independence of their ninjutsu system is comparable to that of blood successors.

Not to mention the pure-blood successor clans like Uchiha and Hinata. Their eye skills must be maintained by their bloodline, and they naturally have unparalleled cohesion. The ninja village system basically has no impact on this kind of ninja clan.

Although everyone is called a ninja clan, they are not essentially the same thing.

However, there are very few ninja clans like this, and the Sarutobi clan is not among them.

The behavior of the clan members at the clan meeting made Sarutobi Saizo realize that the clan members of the Sarutobi clan were not aware of this at all.

The Sandaime protected them very well.

As the leader of the clan, he actually also has responsibilities.

In fact, Sarutobi Saizou personally has no need to participate in the candidacy of Hokage's assistant. As long as he is more selfish, he can live a good life for the rest of his life. But growing up in this family, he does not want to see that. In the future, just thinking about it will make you feel sad.

Everyone is mortal, even a strong man like Sarutobi Sasuke will only have one identity after death, a strong man of the Sarutobi clan.

He didn't want the "ninja of the Sarutobi clan" to disappear from the world one day.

This method may be stupid, but for Sarutobi now, there is no better method...

Sarutobi Saizo calmed down and cast his eyes on the stage. He wanted to hear what Uchiha Fugaku would say.

At this time, on the stage, Uchiha Fugaku also started his theme.

"What I want to tell you today is that a village must be strong in order to better protect everyone. To make a village strong, financial resources are indispensable." Uchiha Fugaku said, "The only way to make a village rich in financial resources is We need to make everyone rich.”

Not only is this topic not new, it's also very old-fashioned and has been mentioned before.

Everyone can recite it, after all, this is actually the policy policy of the Sandaime era.

Various investment promotions started from the time of the Sandaime.

But for Mr. Dark Horse, everyone is willing to be more patient.

"Learning from the Uchiha clan's attempts over the years, I think the village needs to establish deeper cooperation with the Damingfu, effectively pool funds, exert a resource concentration effect, and drive various organizations and all individuals in this country, including the village. To achieve common prosperity, wealthy organizations and individuals can also contribute back to the village's finances, and the ninjas in the village can also receive more tasks and receive higher rewards."

In fact, Uchiha Fugaku didn't quite understand what Uchiha Shingen said, but it didn't prevent him from describing it based on his current understanding.

The success of the Uchiha clan is never fake. At most, what he said was incomplete, but he was never wrong.

Moreover, many of Uchiha Shingen's original words cannot be copied.

Can such words as robbing the rich and giving to the poor be uttered in public? ?

I'm afraid all the ninjas who weren't present would explode.

Even if Uchiha Shingen's idea of ​​robbing the rich and giving to the poor didn't actually mean it, having so many mouths and not saying anything well would be troublesome.

As for the audience, they didn't understand even more. Uchiha Fugaku spoke a lot, and they all listened numbly.

What is this?

But one thing they understood.

Uchiha Fugaku said that we want to be prosperous together. Well, this word sounds so exciting!

Next, they were even more confused by various vocabulary words.

However, due to different circumstances, everyone hears different things.

But everyone still roughly understood the basic meaning of Uchiha Fugaku. He was talking about how to use the power of the village to organize idle financial and material resources and provide them to organizations or individuals who have shortages in this area to help them solve their problems. The problem is later recovered in the form of currency or in kind, with the village acting as guarantor and supervisor most of the time.

It's just a loan, so it's not surprising. What makes everyone find it refreshing is that Uchiha Fugaku has designed the system in all aspects in detail to ensure that the lender cannot obtain unreasonable benefits and the borrower cannot maliciously defraud the loan. Use inconsistent with the agreement.

But Uchiha Fugaku not only talked about this, he also talked about various subsidies. Although everyone did not understand the process, they understood the result. That is the "privilege" of being a Konoha villager. Many of their consumption will be covered by the village finance. Subsidies, such as public travel, purchase of production tools, etc.

On the podium, Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Tobi also listened attentively, especially Hiruzen Sarutobi. He understood clearly. According to Uchiha Fugaku's design, if it can be implemented, it will really be a disaster for the village and the villagers. All can benefit.

To be fair, although many of Uchiha Fugaku's measures are loans, they are indeed pragmatic operations from the perspective of contributing to the village. They can meet the financial needs of the village and the villagers' needs to get rich at the same time. Making money comes first.

But one question is, where can Uchiha Fugaku repair these holes? There are not many philanthropists who can afford so much money.

As Uchiha Fugaku gradually unfolded his plan, Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes lit up.

Chapter 18 A Fairly Successful Speech

What are the shortcomings of the Uchiha clan? Anyone who has had some contact with them in Konoha Hidden Village can probably tell you a few.

But after decades of dealing with this family, in Sarutobi Hiruzen's opinion, there is only one shortcoming of the Uchiha clan.

Can't draw a cake.

In other words, the speech is too realistic and only talks about the present, not the future.

Entering the Hokage Building and talking about your vision for the future is the most basic quality.

However, Uchiha always speaks dryly when dealing with people. If you force them to talk about the future, they will seriously make a plan. If they can't do it, they can't do it. I won't lie to you.

Many times, if you speak too truthfully, you will not be able to meet the expectations of others.

But today's Uchiha Fugaku made Sarutobi Hiruzen get to know this family again.

The Uchiha clan is finally enlightened.

In Uchiha Fugaku's plan, pragmatism and retreat are combined very well.

As for the logic of absorbing resources from outside the village to replenish the village, Sarutobi Hiruzen had no objection at all.

The Country of Fire itself is also taking advantage of its own national strength to absorb nutrients from surrounding countries. Not all of the allies surrounding the Country of Fire are there to serve as military buffers.