Konoha: Uchiha Shisui's Advisor Alliance

Chapter 134: Danzo's confusion and anger, Yan Shifan's path to power
In the Hokage Building, five days have passed since the reinforcements were dispatched. Utane Koharu and Mito Kado En had work from other departments to deal with today, so only Danzo was left here to look after the piled up government affairs.

Danzo was not annoyed at all. Instead, he felt happy from the bottom of his heart.

He had been thinking about this position for a long time, and now he could finally sit down openly.

For this purpose, he deliberately threw away the black clothes and wore white clothes. Now he looked like a Hokage.

Although he is still not the real Hokage, he will be soon. As long as he can prove his ability before the Jonin Conference, I believe the villagers of Konoha will choose the real Hokage.

When he becomes Hokage, he will take action against the families in the village.

Konoha is a big family, how can there be so many closed small families? This is different from the theory of the second generation and must be cleaned up.

Uchiha, Hyuga, Sarutobi, all those who are disobedient are suppressed.

With his swift and swift methods, he will surely be able to integrate Konoha soon. Then he can command the army to first destroy the group of reckless men from the Land of Lightning who have repeatedly provoked Konoha.

The mere Yunyin actually wants to covet the throne of the number one in the Fire Country. It is simply courting death.

Then there is the Land of Earth. The shame of Hiruzen's victory and request for peace is still fresh in his mind, and this time he wants to get it back with interest.

There is also the Rain Country and the Water Country, these countries that once brought harm and humiliation to Konoha, he will not let go.

He also wants to lead Konoha to unify the ninja world. He wants to let his teacher see that not choosing him to be the Hokage was his biggest mistake!

Only he, Danzo Shimura, is the true Kage of Konoha!

hum~
Thinking of this, Danzo snorted lightly, suppressed his smile and continued to deal with government affairs.

These trivial things are indeed a waste of time, but he is going to become Hokage after all, so it’s just a small matter.

At the same time, there was also someone in the Uchiha clan who was in an extremely happy mood.

Yan Shifan stayed in the study, sitting in Sima Yi's seat and looking at the information secretly collected by the intelligence network very leisurely.

Sima Yi finally left. He didn't have to be timid anymore. He had to take the opportunity to develop and find a chance to suppress Sima Yi, or even kill him if possible.

In this way, he is the only think tank of Uchiha, and he will be the greatest contributor to the unification of the world in the future.

However, when Sima Yi was mentioned, he thought of Shisui, and then he couldn't help but wonder, how could someone still trust the other party so much after knowing about the Sima family's affairs?

Isn't it disgusting?

How can such a righteous and loyal man like him be so comfortable to work for? Shishui is really blind.

With a cold snort, Yan Shifan put down the information and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "If it wasn't related to his life, I would kill this ignorant kid sooner or later."

Thinking of this, Yan Shifan remembered the important business again. Long before Sima Yi left, he had formulated the future development direction of Uchiha, and revised some of Sima Yi's previous ideas and Uchiha's current policies.

Combined with recent intelligence, he also had a plan in mind.

When Zhishui got home from get off work, he went to the study as usual, but this time he paid his respects to Yan Shifan.

Although Yan Shifan once said bad things about Sima Yi, he was Shisui's teacher after all, and was summoned to help Uchiha. Shisui was not averse to him and also regarded himself as a student.

Yan Shifan was very satisfied with this. Unlike Sima Yi, Yan Shifan cared more about the master-disciple relationship within the political faction than the internal inheritance between fathers and sons in the family.

In Yan Shifan's view, the master-disciple relationship is a more reliable inheritance relationship. After all, a son may not be able to inherit the family business, but a carefully selected student must be able to inherit the political legacy.

He wanted to instill his own ideas into Shisui and drive out Sima Yi's ideas as soon as possible.

"Teacher, Danzo has completely cut ties with us. He has been interfering in the affairs of the police department recently. The other two assistants are also happy to see it happen. When are we going to take action?"

“There’s no rush for Danzo’s matter. The more arrogant he is now, the angrier he’ll be when he finds out the truth.

This way he will rely on us more, and as long as he compromises once, our cooperation will take the initiative in the future."

Danzo was in high spirits and was working hard for Konoha together with his two other assistants, which was very discordant.

Without the help of the third generation, and with two of the guys suppressing him without principles, Shisui was overwhelmed.

"Okay."

Shisui sighed, but Yan Shifan smiled and said, "Let's put Danzo aside for now. I do have some other ideas for the development of the family."

Shisui was sitting there, and hurriedly said, "Teacher, please speak."

"First of all, it's the family's income. Mr. Zhongda wants to monopolize private salt, which is indeed a way to make money, but the competition on the salt road is fierce, and it is also a way of making money that the nobles care about very much. If you don't want to be hindered by the nobles, you will inevitably have to share the profits.

Moreover, the Uchiha are restricted to Konoha and cannot fully support. The seizure of the salt road will not be so easy, and there may even be casualties. This situation will become more and more serious later. Those private salt dealers will do everything they can to hinder you, and it may even develop into a large-scale conflict or a ninja war. "

Yan Shifan knew very well that those salt merchants held extremely powerful forces and were always living on the edge of a knife. They were definitely not people who were easy to get along with.

Not to mention those who fought for the world at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, there was a very famous person at the end of the Tang Dynasty who also came from a family of salt merchants.

That man's name was Huang Chao.

Shisui nodded, agreeing with him. In addition to telling him about the expansion results, Kamimura Takeshi's letter also told him how many times he had been assassinated. However, he heard that there have been fewer assassinations recently. Perhaps those salt merchants have been almost killed by Uchiha Pan and his men.

"But our people have already established themselves over there. We can't just give up like this, right?"

"It doesn't matter. What I'm going to do next does not conflict with Mr. Zhongda's idea."

Yan Shifan smiled, looking very excited, and said: "But in my opinion, the most important thing for Uchiha is blood and reputation, and blood is needless to say.

As for reputation, although the Uchiha clan’s reputation in Konoha is not very good because of the Nine-Tails, there are still few ninjas in the ninja world who don’t know about the Uchiha clan.

This is especially true for nobles and wealthy businessmen.

Especially for those nobles with a long heritage, money is just a number accumulated through generations. What they care about most is the stable inheritance of the family, which is inseparable from the development of the family's military force.

It is impossible that these people do not have ninjas in their families. They either recruit them or train them themselves.

But whether it is recruiting or training, how can the ninjas in their family compare to the Uchiha?

With such a rich background and reputation, why not set up a secret school outside to train ninjas for the nobles?"

Shisui frowned, hesitated for a moment and explained: "But my grandfather has instructed that the knowledge of ninjas cannot be spread at will, as it will shake the status of the ninja clan and bring disaster."

"In the old days, the swallows in front of the halls of the rich and powerful now fly into the homes of ordinary people. Although Mr. Zhongda has amazing strategies, he was born into a noble family after all, so he was naturally wary of such things. How could he have known the magnificent scene in the future.

If this is not done now, it must be done in the future. Otherwise, with the current strength of Uchiha and Konoha, it will be nothing but a foolish dream to unify the ninja world.

Moreover, we are only training ninjas for nobles and wealthy businessmen now. As long as we keep it secret, there won't be any problem.

The Uchiha clan is good at illusions, so they can use illusions to test the nobles first. If they agree, they will cooperate. If they disagree, their memories will be erased.

Those ninjas in training could also do something, just like the Root did, so that they couldn't leak any information from the academy.

In this way, as long as it is rolled out smoothly, the annual income will be very considerable, and the risk is not high. "There is definitely a risk, but it is still within an acceptable range. Yan Shifan does not intend to tell Zhishui directly.

Shisui nodded upon hearing this, he was indeed moved.

The more money he has, the smoother the Uchiha's development will be, and he has already experienced the benefits.

And as Yan Shifan said, as long as proper confidentiality is maintained, the risks can be minimized.

"Then do as you said, Sensei. We can give it a try when Danzo is no longer suppressing the Police Department."

Yan Shifan nodded and continued, "In addition to family income, the education of the younger generation is also the focus of family inheritance. Although the Uchiha family has a strong foundation, their education methods are too rough and chaotic, and there is no standard.

The civil and military divisions have their own duties. In addition to cultivating a unified history and loyalty to the family, you can also train clan members who don't have ninja talent to manage family affairs or help you handle the administrative affairs of the police department.

Including you, as an inner ninja, you must always practice. Military force is the foundation for maintaining the prosperity of the family. These trivial matters should be left to ordinary people, and you can also give them a channel for advancement.

In addition, there should be a standard for the training of ninjas. For example, for the promotion of Genin, the minimum standard can be three body techniques plus a ninjutsu that matches one's own attributes, which can be either C-level or D-level, plus some physical skills assessments.

However, geniuses have to meet their own standards. People with multiple attributes require more ninjutsu and should be given more resources accordingly.

Of course, in order to facilitate this kind of training, we can specifically select some ninjutsu that are both practical and powerful as the standard, such as the Fire Style's Great Fireball and the Earth Style's Heart Decapitation Technique."

Yan Shifan described Shishui's educational philosophy as detailed, large-scale, hierarchical, and targeted at geniuses and special talents.

A ninja who is born with a single attribute, such as fire, needs to master a fire attribute ninjutsu, such as the Great Fireball, if he wants to apply for the Genin assessment.

Ninjas who are born with multiple attributes, such as those with all five attributes, are geniuses wherever they are.

Geniuses have genius treatment and genius requirements. If you want to apply for the Genin assessment, you must learn the five types of ninjutsu, practice integrated offense and defense, and receive comprehensive training.

There are additional courses for those who have opened the Sharingan to teach them how to use it.

Yan Shifan took every aspect into consideration, no matter how big or small.

After talking about his specific educational methods, he also added his ideas on educational policy.

There should be competitions, contests and grade distinctions in the civil and military assessments. The best candidates should be selected for key training, with clear rewards and the cultivation of loyalty.

In addition, he also elaborated on his opinions on population, diplomacy, and the consolidation and development of political power.

Shisui listened very carefully, and some of the ideas amazed him. It was a completely different way of thinking from Sima Yi.

The two talked from day till late at night. Fortunately, Shisui also had an extraordinary memory and wrote down everything Yan Shifan said. However, Shisui now has a preliminary ability to distinguish.

He directly agreed with some policies and methods and prepared to implement them within the tribe, but he rejected others.

For example, in terms of population, any younger generation in the tribe who is unmarried by the age of 14 for men and 16 for women should be punished.

If this policy was implemented during the Warring States Period, Shisui might have agreed to it, but not now.

The last part of the idea made Shisui a little hesitant. For example, in terms of population, Yan Shifan hoped to open up marriages within and outside the clan, and bring some talented ninjas among the civilians into the Uchiha clan, either by marrying them or recruiting them as sons-in-law. He could also intermarry with other ninja clans to win them over for cooperation.

The Uchiha clan concept is still very serious. There might be many people in the clan who would oppose intermarriage with outsiders. Shisui couldn't make up his mind for a while.

Yan Shifan didn't expect Zhishui to accept everything. There must always be a process. It was a good thing as long as Zhishui didn't blindly reject it. Sima Yi would not come back so soon, and he had plenty of time.

The two discussed for a while before going to rest.

The next day, the two of them confirmed some policies that could be implemented immediately and began to gather people to make changes within the tribe.

In this way, for several days, Shisui and Yan Shifan carried out the reform while enduring the difficulties raised by their assistants.

Yan Shifan also found time to have his secret agents and police officers collect evidence of corruption by some people. Under the control of the two, the affairs of Uchiha were proceeding in an orderly manner.

But this was not the case for Danzo. The days in the Hokage Building were not quite what he had imagined.

"How dare these evil people, who have no home or village, reject me!"

Danzo could hardly suppress his anger after receiving the reply from the Root members.

As Danzo became familiar with Konoha's political affairs, he keenly discovered a problem.

Utane Koharu occupies the medical department and part of the logistics department, while Mito Kado En is in charge of financial allocations. The use of this function originally required the approval of the third generation, but now that the third generation has divided the power among three people, Mito Kado En directly occupies the finance department and other logistics departments.

Although Danzo seemed to handle the most government affairs every day, he was actually doing miscellaneous tasks that were thankless, and all the real benefits were taken away by the other two assistants.

However, whenever something big happened, especially when it came to the ninja army or mission shares, these two guys would jump out to argue with him. It just so happened that these things required the cooperation of the two of them. Not only did he not get any real benefits, but he also had to bear a lot of pressure, which made him more and more annoyed.

He wanted to interfere in the work of the two people, but sadly discovered that even if the two people did not object, he had no one to use.

While he was absorbed in contributing to Konoha, the three clans of Tenne, Mitomon, and Sarutobi secretly replaced a large number of Anbu members. The original Anbu members were also transferred to the Sarutobi clan's territory on the pretext of protecting the Third Hokage.

Even the Uchiha clan members in the Anbu began to pretend to obey.

By the time he reacted, he was surrounded by ninjas from the four clans. They would obey routine orders, but would directly refuse if there was anything wrong.

At this moment, Danzo finally understood that his two old friends were not on the same page with him at all. They were ambitious people. Perhaps Sarutobi Shinnosuke was killed by these two guys.

The Anbu are also unreliable, and the few people he has at the Root are simply unable to take over these tasks.

Unfortunately, there were only two or three cats and kittens left in the Shimura clan, so even if he wanted to do something for Konoha, he had no manpower.

In desperation, he once again turned his attention to those ninja clans. As an assistant, he asked these ninja clans to provide manpower to enter the Root.

However, the first person to respond to him was Shisui, who directly refused at Yan Shifan's suggestion.

"Assistant Danzo, you are joking. Although Shisui wants to contribute to Konoha, the Uchiha clan has already provided two teams for the Anbu. Any more will be against the rules. Please don't make things difficult for the Uchiha clan, Danzo."

There is no Root organization in Konoha on the surface. The existence of the Root depends on the Anbu, and it is promoted to the outside world as the training and reserve team of the Anbu. But those who know a little bit know that the Root has evolved into Danzo's private force.

However, Shisui did not point it out, but described the Root as a part of the ANBU, and then refused with legitimate reasons, while harshly pointing a finger at Tenne, the Mitomon, and the Sarutobi clan, the three clans being in the wrong and not arguing with him, they just pretended not to hear him.

After realizing that he was isolated, Danzo naturally did not want to have any more conflicts with the Uchiha clan, and he subsequently changed his target to other families.

However, Danzo obviously did not realize where his past intimidation came from.

Without the third generation, he no longer had a backer and a sense of righteousness; without the darkness, he lost his former mystery, and the strength of the Root was exposed to the eyes of the ninja clan.

The ninjas who once feared him soon saw the situation of Danzo and the power he wielded.

At the same time, his tolerance also made other families see his weakness. When Uchiha showed up first, all the families decisively rejected Danzo's request.

For a moment, Danzo fell into anger and confusion as he looked at the rejection letters in his hands.

"There are so many rebels in the village! How can I revive Konoha and unify the ninja world?"

(End of this chapter)