Regarding the changes to the management system proposed by Kizaru, both Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo, as well as the two consultants, were very nervous.
The war is imminent, and if Kizaru makes too many changes, it may cause a lot of chaos in the village and affect the prestige of Kizaru, the newly appointed Fourth Hokage.
At the same time, changes in the management system may also affect the power and status of the four people in the village.
Whether it's good or bad, Kizaru didn't say, and everyone doesn't know, but for these old people, it is naturally the best if they can stay the same.
The current positions of the four people are different, but in terms of hierarchy, they are all considered village elders.
At the level of an elder, his status is only below that of the Hokage. The scope of his power is unclear. It can be large or small. It all depends on the elder's own ability and the strength of the faction behind him.
If Kizaru is young and energetic and chooses to suppress the elders or even eliminate one or two from the very beginning, then everyone will be in a very embarrassing situation.
Among the four, Danzo is the least worried. Kizaru is his biological nephew. The relationship between the two has always been good, and their mutual cooperation and ambitions are close to the same (in Danzo's opinion).
Hiruzen Sarutobi was Kizaru's teacher and the previous Hokage. Due to his emotional and rational nature, it was impossible for Kizaru to kick him out of the top management of the village as soon as he took office.
Doing this would make Kizaru look too ugly to the Shimura clan behind him, which would easily arouse the fear of other ninja clans in the village.
Therefore, the two consultants are the most worried about the changes mentioned by Kizaru.
The two of them wanted to say something, but Kizaru was too powerful and had too many forces to gather together, so they did not dare to speak out against the new Hokage on his first day in office.
Feeling the earnest eyes of the two old friends, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who grew older and missed his old friendship more and more, sighed in his heart and took the initiative to persuade his disciple.
"Kizaru, there is no rush to change the system. You should read the documents first. There is no rush to make adjustments after you fully understand the operation of the village."
With a kind look in his eyes, Kizaru looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen, glanced at the two consultants with his peripheral vision, and said with a smile: "Sarutobi-sensei, don't worry! Tomorrow's meeting is just an idea for everyone to discuss, the specifics
I will make a decision only after I have a clear understanding of the situation in the village."
Hearing Kizaru's words, Sarutobi Hiruzen breathed a sigh of relief. He was worried that his disciple, who had just ascended to the position of Hokage, would have too many ideas and ambitions, and would carry out reforms with great fanfare as soon as he took office.
Now it seems that Kizaru is still very rational and did not get carried away just because he was the Hokage for the first time.
"Then you should understand the situation first! In the past few days, my two consultants and I will assist you in maintaining the normal management of the village."
"Thank you for your hard work!" Kizaru said kindly, smiling at the four people in front of him.
Everything that needed to be said was said, and everything that needed to be explained was also explained. Hiruzen Sarutobi did not continue to disturb Kizaru. He left the Hokage's office with his two advisors and Danzo who remained silent.
Deliberately walking at the end of the four, before Danzo left the office, he turned to look at Kizaru and gave him a signaling look.
Understanding what his uncle meant, he wanted to find an opportunity to communicate privately. Kizaru nodded, stretched out his index fingers on both hands, crossed them in front of him, and responded that he would communicate at ten o'clock tonight.
After giving the response, he watched the four people leave the office. With a new goal in mind, Kizaru patiently began to look through the documents on the table carefully.
Starting from left to right, the first thing Kizaru flipped through were the situation reports from various departments in the village.
Konoha is either big or small. Including ninjas and ordinary villagers, the village has a registered population of more than 120,000 people (some of whom are doing business and stationed abroad).
Among them, there are more than 16,000 regular people registered as ninjas.
But this does not mean that there are only sixteen thousand ninjas in Konoha. Many ninja clans or ninjutsu schools in Konoha have also practiced chakra and mastered ninjutsu, but have not chosen to become ninjas.
Including these private armies, Konoha's extreme troop explosion can produce more than 20,000 ninjas.
To manage so many ninjas and people, Konoha naturally has a lot of departments set up.
Putting aside the secondary sub-units, Konoha now has a total of 14 direct village departments.
Armed Intelligence Department: Anbu, Roots (also responsible for the training of Anbu members), Torture Department, Jonin Class, Chunin Class, Genin Class, and Guards.
Logistics administrative department: Logistics Department, Administrative Department, Mission Entrustment Department, Konoha Hospital, Konoha Research Institute, Konoha Ninja School, Seal Class.
After reading the department status reported by these departments and the list of department positions, Kizaru found that it was very obvious that the ninja people gathered together to occupy the positions.
In the Anbu, ninjas from the Sarutobi clan account for one-third; in the Roots, ninjas from the Shimura clan also account for one-third; in the torture department, half of the ninjas are from the Yamanaka clan; in the administrative department, ninjas from the Nara clan
Quite a few...
In such a situation, a high EQ would mean that the Ninja clan actively contributes to the village; a low EQ would mean that the Ninja clan monopolizes middle and high-level positions and controls power.
Kizaru himself was from the ninja clan, so he had expected this situation and was not shocked at all.
On the one hand, the establishment of Konoha was the result of the alliance between the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan led by the first Hokage Senju Hashirama, and the large and small ninja clans who defected to it.
From a fundamental point of view, these ninjas are all shareholders of Konoha, the ninja armed group. It's just the shares they occupy and the right to speak, which may be large or small.
On the other hand, these ninjas who come from the ninja clan, have been trained by their elders since childhood, have rich training resources, and have secret family ninjutsu, are indeed generally more capable than civilian ninjas.
For example, the secret techniques of the Yamanaka clan have huge advantages over ordinary ninjas in terms of torture and interrogation of information.
As the Hokage of the village, you cannot know that the ninjas of the Yamanaka clan are suitable for intelligence interrogation work, but for the sake of balance, arrange the ninjas of the Yamanaka clan to other positions.
Appropriateness is a quality that a leader should possess. As long as the people under his command are loyal, there is no need to make the village a mess just to play balance.
In essence, Konoha Village is still an armed group, and there is no need to make the political element too heavy.
At least Kizaru, the newly appointed Fourth Hokage, is confident in overpowering the ninjas and ninjas below.
As long as these ninjas from the ninja clan can complete their work well, Kizaru is not going to touch them.
What Kizaru wants to target are those silverfish who sit on their corpses, sit in positions relying on their family background, and suck the blood of the village.
At the same time, Kizaru, who had read the department documents, was also thinking about how to support civilian ninjas more, provide them with conditions and resources for growth, and open up more channels for advancement.
My own teacher, due to his haste in getting promoted and his lack of strength reaching the crushing level, could only choose to suppress the great ninja clan, win over the small and medium ninja clan, and support the common ninja in order to maintain the political balance of the village.
Kizaru does not comment on the teacher's actions, but personally, he is not prepared to continue to adopt such a policy. He is not prepared to suppress any ninja. As long as he is capable and can do things, he supports them.
Kizaru has the strength, power, and confidence to suppress the ambitions of those below him. The change of goals makes Kizaru need more talents to come forward.
Rather than spending time and energy on suppressing the ninja clan, Kizaru felt it would be better to focus more on cultivating civilian ninjas.
Even if he is playing with balance, what Kizaru hopes is that the civilian ninjas he supports will gradually grow to be comparable to or even exceed the strength of the ninja clan.
Instead of relying on weakening the strength of the ninja clan, let civilian ninjas and ninja clan achieve a balance in strength.
Huang Yuan was going to think about the specific policies before formulating them. After having a general direction in mind, Huang Yuan continued to read the documents.
Looking at the business documents handled by his teacher in the past three months, Kizaru looked more and more, and the more he felt about the situation of the middle and lower classes, especially the ninjas who were born as civilians.
It can't be said that it's miserable! After all, the income of most ninjas is more than enough.
However, the casualty rate of middle- and lower-level ninjas when performing missions is definitely not low, mainly focusing on injuries.
In just three months of missions, Kizaru saw 47 ninjas killed, 459 injured ninjas, and 71 ninjas who were disabled due to injuries, relegated to the second line, or retired directly.
Of course, such a high casualty rate is not a normal situation. It is mainly because the war is approaching recently and the risk index of the tasks assigned by the village has increased a lot.
Although there was a reason for the incident, after reading the document, Kizaru could still feel that the careers and living conditions of most of the ninjas in the village were not very good.
Ninjas, a class that has mastered extraordinary power, should have been able to live a better life. Their abilities should have led to the progress of the entire world.
Unfortunately, these beautiful prospects were all wiped out by the hatred deliberately created by the nobles and wealthy businessmen.
It is so difficult that it is almost impossible to make all ninjas realize this, let all ninjas let go of the hatred accumulated for decades or hundreds of years, unite together, and completely change the entire cruel and absurd world.
Kizaru understood the difficulty, but he had full confidence to do it and made plans.
Reason with those who can communicate, and reason with those who refuse to communicate. A two-pronged approach can always convince most people.