Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha is not motivated.

Although Tobirama Senju was reluctant to admit it, the fact that Uchiha Madara was one of Konoha's top fighting forces was still before him.

Especially for the task of capturing the tailed beasts, apart from Hashirama Senju who possesses the Wood Release, only Uchiha Madara can complete it alone.

In this situation, the Hokage himself certainly cannot take action personally. The last time his eldest brother was assassinated when he returned from the Wind Country is still vivid in his mind. Whenever he thinks of it, Tobirama Senju breaks out in a cold sweat.

So, now he must think of a reason to trick Uchiha Madara into leaving the village to look for the Nine-Tails and bring it back to guard the house.

Thinking of this, a red light flashed in Senju Tobirama's eyes, and he spoke out, seemingly unintentionally but intentionally,

"I didn't expect the Nine-Tailed Fox's power to be so terrifying. Brother, you must never do such dangerous things again in the future!"

Senju Hashirama, who had just finished lying, was stunned when he heard this. He didn't know why his brother kept bringing this up, but he didn't want to undermine Uchiha Madara's self-confidence, so he nodded hurriedly.
"Of course, the Nine-Tailed Fox is too dangerous!"

Uchiha Madara, who stood aside with his ears erect, had a more thoughtful look in his eyes. Having been suppressed by Senju Hashirama for his entire life, he seemed to have found a breakthrough point.
When he thought about himself riding the Nine-Tails and beating up the wooden man of Hasi Lama, Uchiha Madara couldn't help laughing out loud.
"Hehe~"

"Madala, what are you laughing at? Is there anything good?"

"Forehead"

Uchiha Madara's face tightened after being discovered, fearing that his little thoughts would be exposed. At the critical moment, he suddenly glanced at Senju Tobirama who was smiling teasingly at the side. Then his eyes lit up, and he straightened his back immediately, with a sad face but a smile on his lips, and said,
"Hey~ It's not a good thing, it's that kid Izuna."

"Humph! Getting into trouble again? I've said it before, that guy has never been a good person since he was young~"

Senju Tobirama only listened halfway and then directly mocked him. He and Uchiha Izuna were natural enemies. Whenever they met, they would definitely have a verbal battle.

"Madala, don't be angry. If your brother goes astray, just correct him in time. There's no need to beat or scold him."

When talking about younger brothers, Senju Hashirama became excited. Many years ago, he and Uchiha Madara had competed with each other by the river to see who was taller than their younger brothers.
The unit of measurement is neither a root nor a bar.

Tobirama Senju and Uchiha Izuna, who have been close to each other for many years, one is more sinister than dead water, and the other has a full-time diamond body. Their battle records are evenly matched.

However, after the founding of Konoha, Uchiha Izuna obviously focused on family affairs, and Senju Tobirama took the opportunity to infiltrate Konoha's political circle, which was slightly better.

So there was a hint of smugness in Hashirama Senju's expression, after all, his younger brother was more outstanding.

"Ah~ Actually it's not a big deal, it's just that Izuna is in love recently, I guess it won't be long before I can become an uncle~"

Uchiha Madara deliberately raised his voice very loudly, but his eyes were fixed on Senju Tobirama who was laughing secretly at the side.

"Nani?"

Senju Tobirama was shocked when he heard this. They were of similar age, but the hedgehog-haired guy was secretly single. Wouldn't that be very embarrassing for him?

"Ah! This"

Senju Hashirama, who was originally showing off, was immediately speechless, and the smug expression froze on his face. He thought he could tease Mada and put down his younger brother, but he didn't expect that he would become a clown.

After a long while, he finally managed to squeeze out a sentence.
"That's great, congratulations."

"I can't help it. My brother is not good at anything. His only advantage is that he makes me worry less. Unlike some people, they are still single at their old age and don't care about the continuation of the family at all."

Uh. Why do I feel like I've AOE'd myself as well? I hurt the enemy by 1,000 but I lose 80,000 of my own money.

Feeling unhappy, Senju Tobirama put on his usual Sima expression and said in a cold voice,

"Don't talk about things that are not related to work during work hours."

Senju Hashirama quickly nodded in agreement, fearing that his younger brother would grit his teeth out of jealousy.

Seeing that Senju Tobirama had a sullen face, Uchiha Madara decided to stop while he was ahead. After all, he was a straightforward ninja who dominated the situation. He did not continue to act in a shady way, but instead continued to deal with the piles of documents with his head down.

For a moment, the only sound in the quiet office was the rustling of pages flipping through pages.

After a long time, Uchiha Madara suddenly raised his head, looked at Hashirama Senju on the Hokage throne, frowned and asked,
"Hashi Lama, without our help, when will you be able to finish a day's work?"

Just now, when Uchiha Madara was processing documents, he discovered that the government affairs submitted were so miscellaneous that it was overwhelming. The previous one was a report on the task completion rate, and the next one was an application requesting the village to distribute breeding pigs. The overly divergent content almost made his brain idle.

This situation is not uncommon, so Uchiha Madara asked this question.

The unclear classification of government affairs and the lack of distinction between the primary and the secondary have significantly reduced the efficiency of the Hokage's work.

"Without your help, I would have been able to complete less than one-third of it."

When asked this question, Hashirama Senju scratched his head. He actually discovered this problem, but there were too many documents submitted every day and he had no time to classify them. Moreover, as the Hokage, he had to pay attention to every detail. Even if it was just building a toilet at the entrance of the village, he would have to think over it again and again before making a decision.

"If you have time to discuss this kind of issue, you might as well hurry up and work."

Senju Tobirama, who had long been accustomed to this rhythm, raised his head with a look of surprise. As the most powerful person in Konoha, he handled government affairs faster than Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara combined.

And he has a solution to this problem, but it's not perfect yet.

"I don't think this will work. For example, this border defense deployment plan must be one of Konoha's most confidential information. If it is mixed in with the Genin's task list, if there is an omission, it will lead to a disaster."

Uchiha Madara has always been concerned about Konoha. He doesn't want this village, which he and Senju Hashirama founded, to come to any harm.

“There aren’t that many omissions.”

Even though what Uchiha Madara said made sense, Senju Tobirama still retorted with a cold face. The other party had mocked him for being a single dog before, and he would remember this grudge for the rest of his life.

"you!"

Unexpectedly, Senju Tobirama not only did not appreciate his kindness, but instead had an expression that said you are too troublesome, which made Uchiha Madara's fists itchy.

"Okay, Tobirama, what Madara said makes sense!"

It was another daily fight. Senju Hashirama stood up helplessly to smooth things over. Then he looked at the angry Uchiha Madara and said with some embarrassment,
"Madara, I understand what you mean, but now all matters, big and small, whether they are civil or military, need my review. This is the responsibility of the Hokage~"

Senju Hashirama knew that Uchiha Madara was worried that he was over-training, and he was very touched, but for the time being he could not think of a better solution.

"Alas, Hasi Lama, you just have too much responsibility. This will be very tiring."

Uchiha Madara could only shake his head and sigh at Senju Hashirama's explanation.

"Brother, I have thought of a solution, but it has not been refined yet. I will present it to you after it is perfected in a while."

Seeing his elder brother and Uchiha Madara flirting with each other, Senju Tobirama became furious and immediately stood up and said,

"Bang bang bang~"

Just then, there was a familiar knock on the door. The three people present raised their eyebrows, feeling that the visitor was not friendly.

"Please come in~"

Senju Hashirama said loudly.

"squeak~"

I saw a curly-haired Uchiha Gin coming out from the crack of the door with a very unhappy look on his face~
"Isn't this Brother Yin? What brings you here~"

Seeing that the person coming was Uchiha Gin, Senju Hashirama hurried down and greeted him warmly.

"Humph~"

Uchiha Gin was very angry. Konoha's development was clearly on the right track. The news of the completion of Konoha Prison also reached his ears a few days ago. The ecstatic curly-haired man waited at home for several days, but there was no sign of the letter of appointment, and there was not even a text message of employment.

At first he thought that Hashirama was too busy with his prison fellowship to remember anything, but as many of his old colleagues returned to work one after another, his heart sank day by day. Finally, after hearing that the first batch of criminals had been admitted to Konoha Prison, Uchiha Gin went completely crazy.

Early this morning, Uchiha Gin rushed to the Hokage Building angrily, vowing to seek justice for himself. He had clearly done a lot for Konoha before, but how come he couldn't even get a job as a prison guard.

He is going to find Senju Hashirama today to question him face to face whether it was intentional or an accident.

Along the way, the guards of the Hokage Building, seeing Uchiha Gin with an extremely sour face, all stayed away from him and did not dare to approach him and chat with him as they did in the past, for fear of getting into trouble.

"Cousin, I've rested enough and can go to work!"

Thinking that Uchiha Gin, who looked suspicious, was here to take him home to rest, Uchiha Madara quickly stood up and explained,

"It has nothing to do with you. If you love working, you will work for the rest of your life."

Uchiha Gin ignored his anxious cousin and instead looked at the innocent-looking Senju brothers, accusing them through gritted teeth,

"Konoha Prison has been repaired!"

"Uh, yes. I went to cut the ribbon a few days ago."

Not understanding what Uchiha Gin meant, Senju Hashirama nodded subconsciously and replied,

"Okay, okay, I thought you didn't know about this."

Uchiha Gin was so angry that he laughed, and stared at Senju Hashirama with his black dead fish eyes, with flames spewing out of them faintly.

"what?"

"Where's your promise?"

"what!"

After being reminded by Uchiha Gin, Senju Hashirama finally woke up from his dream. He had indeed promised Uchiha Gin that he would arrange for him to work in the prison.

It's just that because Uchiha Gin had made outstanding contributions on the issue of the tailed beasts, Senju Hashirama hadn't figured out how to reward him for a while. If he rashly arranged him to be a prison guard, wouldn't people who didn't know the truth think that he, the Hokage, was taking credit for himself and harming loyal people?

"Brother Yin, don't be anxious."

Thinking of this, Hashirama Senju tried to comfort her repeatedly.

"Urgent, urgent, urgent, how can I not be anxious!" It's been too peaceful recently and I can't find anyone to fight with. Those guys in the Ninja Alliance see that I am in a friendly manner and can't activate the Heart Steel at all. Besides, Uchiha Gin now has a Konoha forehead protector in his pocket. He can't bully civilians, right?
Every day he missed working meant one less day to brush his teeth. Uchiha Gin felt like he was losing everything.

"You curly-haired guy, I've been too busy lately. I don't have time to take care of your trivial matters."

Seeing that Uchiha Gin was so disrespectful to his elder brother, Senju Tobirama immediately spoke up and gave him an explanation.

"Busy? How can you not be busy with the way you work?"

Sure enough, these guys completely forgot what they promised to do. Uchiha Gin was so angry that he almost opened his eyes. He used a golden wheel to teach Baimao a lesson. Looking at the piles of documents on the three people's desks, he sneered with disdain.
"Oh? You mean there's something wrong with the way we do our work?"

Hearing Uchiha Gin's words, Senju Tobirama rarely responded, but instead asked with interest,
"Isn't this obvious?"

Uchiha Gin didn't keep the secret. He walked forward and picked up a document on the table. When he saw the name of the file, he rolled his eyes and waved the document in his hand, saying in a weird tone,
"As a Hokage, why are you interfering in the breeding of sows?"

“Well, this is also a livelihood issue, isn’t it?”

Senju Hashirama scratched his head in embarrassment. He had approved many documents like this before. Considering the importance of the incident, there was really no need for him, the Hokage, to handle it.

"He's not very smart. Why are you following a madman?"

Ignoring the embarrassed look on Senju Hashirama's face, Uchiha Gin set his gaze on Senju Tobirama who was standing beside him with his arms folded across his chest. This white-haired man was usually full of tricks, but he became increasingly stupid when doing things.

"I already have a solution."

Being attacked by Uchiha Ginki, Senju Tobirama immediately retorted,
"Oh? Then tell me your solution."

Give this white-haired guy a chance and hear what he has to say.

"Huh~ I plan to set up an elders' group under the Hokage, refine the responsibilities and manage various matters in a decentralized manner."

Good man, it turns out that it was you who set up the Council of Elders, just to assign tasks to your evil disciples, right?
When Uchiha Gin heard the word "elder", his head started buzzing. The reputation of Konoha's F4 was so terrifying.

"Stop! I'm just asking, does your Senju clan have elders?"

Uchiha Gin started with zero frame, interrupting Senju Tobirama's words.
"Well, of course there is."

As long as it is a larger family, there are more or less a few elders. Senju Tobirama answered in confusion,
"So what do you think the elders are like?"

This question made Senju Tobirama speechless. He subconsciously thought about his own elders and found that those guys would pop out to seek a sense of existence whenever they had nothing to do. They usually relied on their seniority and reputation to give orders to the clan leader.

When Hashirama Senju had just succeeded to the position of clan leader, he suffered a lot of hardship from the elders. It was only because of the elders' age that the two brothers endured it. Thinking back on it now, the knuckles of Senju Tobirama's fingertips are itching.

"Hmph~ Isn't it annoying? Not only can you not help, but you also make trouble from time to time. When you should take action, you say you are too aggressive. When you are ready to stop, you say you are too cautious. Anyway, I want to go against you in everything, right?"

Uchiha Gin's words really touched the heart of Senju Tobirama. All the elders he met were like this. They said one thing in public and another in private. They did things insincerely and it was impossible for them to accomplish anything great.

"He is still an elder of a family with the same bloodline. If someone who has nothing to do with him were to be appointed as an elder, then you wouldn't even know that the position of Hokage has been sold."

"Indeed, I was negligent."

After Uchiha Gin's words, Senju Tobirama rarely refuted, but instead lowered his head to think about the possibility of the matter.

What the curly-haired guy said makes some sense. Although the elder system can share the work of the Hokage, it is bound to breed disloyalty in the long run. When it accumulates to a certain extent, the elders are likely to break away from the Hokage's control and take over the power of the Hokage.

"In that case, what good ideas do you have?"

Seeing that Uchiha Gin's words were very logical, Senju Tobirama decided to ask for advice from the curly-haired man.

"what?"

Uchiha Gin, who was just talking a lot, couldn't help scratching his curly hair when he saw Senju Tobirama, who had a slightly respectful expression. He was just a talker.
"Cousin, if you really have any good ideas, please share them with us!"

Uchiha Madara, who was standing by, saw Uchiha Gin's strange expression and thought that his cousin was unwilling to answer because he didn't like Senju Tobirama. He was concerned about Konoha and hurriedly spoke out to persuade him.
"Yes, Brother Yin, please help me~"

Senju Hashirama also came over, wanting Uchiha Gin to help him solve his problem. After all, three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang, and maybe his method could help him solve the problem at hand.

"Forehead"

Being stared at by three pairs of expectant eyes, Uchiha Gin felt a bit stuck. Just as he was hesitating, Senju Tobirama slowly said,

"If your method is helpful, the commission for Konoha Prison can be issued today."

“It’s packaged!”

Hearing this, Uchiha Gin seemed to be energized, his brain working rapidly. Even if it was just for the position of jailer, he had to come up with a plan for these guys.

"."

So, Uchiha Gin began to pace back and forth in the office, his eyes wandering between the faces of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and he stopped.

"I have a plan, but I don't know whether I should tell you or not."

Uchiha Gin, who already had a plan in mind, looked at the three people in front of him and spoke slowly,
"Brother Yin, don't feel burdened, just speak freely."

Senju Hashirama nodded and assured Uchiha Gin,
"Then I'll tell you~"

"Don't hesitate, you are not a man!"

Senju Tobirama, who was getting a little impatient waiting, couldn't help but curse.

"Humph! Someone will naturally know whether I am a man or not~"

"You!" Baimao jumped up.

"Okay, cousin, stop keeping us in suspense."

"Ahem. Is it true that the Hokage is the only one in Konoha's upper echelons right now, and the two Hokage candidates who are coming down are you two?"

Not wanting to argue with the white-haired man for the time being, Uchiha Gin looked at the three of them, coughed twice, and asked,

"That's true." Senju Hashirama nodded.

Tobirama and Madara are both helping on a voluntary basis. The so-called Hokage candidates are just a verbal title among them. They have no real power in Konoha, and they are just there to help the Hokage.

"There's actually no rule that a village can only have one leader, right?"

"hehe."

I thought Uchiha Gin would have some brilliant ideas, but he just came up with a big one. Senju Tobirama was full of disappointment.

"Tobirama, let Brother Yin finish speaking first, and you continue."

"As the leader of Konoha, the Hokage should be considered the head of the village, right?"

"That's right." The three of them nodded in unison.

"Although the affairs of the village are complicated, if we divide them into categories, there are actually only two points."

Looking at the pile of documents in the office, Uchiha Gin raised two fingers.

"Civil Affairs and the Military."

Senju Hashirama and the other two looked at each other, thought for a moment, and nodded.

"Among them, the livelihood issues are mainly about the development of Konoha and the education of ninja ideology, while the military is responsible for maintaining internal security and external war games."

"No matter how much energy the Hokage has, he can't take care of all the problems. So my idea is to set up another position besides the Hokage to oversee one of the people's livelihood or military affairs."

"If power is divided like this, it will lead to disputes among factions, which will only make the situation even more chaotic."

Senju Tobirama saw the drawbacks at a glance and immediately shook his head in denial.

"If it is as you said, one side is responsible for people's livelihood development, and the other side is responsible for military security, then the side in charge of military affairs will definitely be more powerful. At that time, as long as he gives the order, Konoha will be in his pocket."

"Don't be so pessimistic. Minsheng holds the financial power and the material basis of ninja life. As long as the business of mission entrustment is still on Minsheng's side, the military side will never be able to make any waves unless all the members rebel."

Indeed, obtaining remuneration through mission entrustment has been the main way for ninjas to survive since ancient times. As long as Minsheng controls the channels and rights to issue missions, the ninjas on the military side will not have any second thoughts.

Unless you have endless wealth and unrivaled strength, it is not easy to be a rebel ninja~
"Moreover, as the party in charge of people's livelihood, we can implement an elite selection system to form our own force, let's call it Anbu, to deal with certain emergencies."

The Imperial Guards are here, who dares to act rashly?
"Although this provides some protection, if there is always a gap between the two sides, it will not be conducive to the development of the village!"

Although Tobirama Senju was slightly moved, he still felt that something was amiss.

"As long as we optimize resource allocation and reasonably allocate resources to people's livelihood and the military to achieve the best effect of both, we can promote the relationship between the military and people's livelihood from a zero-sum game to a harmonious symbiosis."

Uchiha Gin nodded when he heard this, and then put two fingers together, the meaning of which was obvious.

"Well, that seems to make some sense. Do you think the Hokage should be in charge of military affairs or people's livelihood?"

After listening to Uchiha Gin's explanation, Senju Tobirama thought about it and raised his own questions.
"It depends on the Hokage's personality and skills. If the Hokage is kind and compassionate, then he will be better at managing people's livelihood. But if the Hokage is a decisive person, then the military is his happy home."

“I think I can manage people’s livelihood~”

Senju Hashirama, who had been listening for a long time, stood up and recommended himself with a smile. After all, he didn't like war.

"Shut up! Sit down first and wait until I finish asking questions!"

Senju Tobirama angrily slapped his eldest brother on the head, and lectured him, then turned to look at Uchiha Gin and asked,
"So, besides Hokage, what is the other position called?"

"How is your village secretary?" (End of this chapter)