Uchiha Council of Elders.

Fugaku moved a little uneasily.

This can be said to be the place where the supreme power of the family is concentrated, excluding the patriarch, there are a total of 13 elders, nominally headed by the eldest elder. Including the patriarch, these 14 people are the highest level that can decide the fate of the Uchiha.

In addition to the patriarch, the remaining 13 elders are the 13 direct lineages of the most powerful members of the Uchiha clan, and the patriarchal line that ordinary Uchiha people usually refer to refers to the family to which the patriarch of these 13 branches belongs.

That is to say, the clan where the patriarch belongs, in addition to his original seat, can nominate one person to serve as the patriarch and receive another seat.

The most direct way to distinguish between clans is to look at their votes in the Council of Elders, with 3 votes for the patriarch, 2 votes for the Grand Elder, and 1 vote for the rest of the elders, including the elders of the patriarchal line.

The way in which the patriarch ascends to the throne is the rotation of the two lines, and the candidates of the many lines. In other words, no matter how outstanding the achievements of the incumbent patriarch line, after the expiration of the term, they must also step down and the previous line of elders will elect a new patriarch.

The previous patriarchal line may not be able to become the new Great Elder Line, but needs to compete with the elders of the remaining 11 clans for the position of the Great Elder Line, and the key to whether or not they can successfully succeed the Great Elder Line is naturally whether they have made enough contributions to the family during their reign.

If we use the analogy of things in Makoto's previous life, then it is similar to the "two-party system", where the patriarch is the ruling party and the great elder is the opposition party. However, the two parties are not elected by vote, but are rotated, and their achievements during the period of administration will affect whether or not the ruling party can smoothly become the next opposition party.

The opposition parties are aiming at the ruling party, while the other candidates covet the positions of the opposition parties, and they are interlocking with each other, which not only effectively restricts the patriarch's all-out efforts, but also prevents the danger of family splitting in a situation where there are only two lines.

This is the male lion, the Great Elder who now closes his eyes slightly to the left of the patriarch, and single-handedly establishes the family council system that limits the patriarch's power.

Although the Council of Elders of the Family is not an ornament, ordinary affairs do not need to be voted on by the elders, otherwise everything will be messed up, and there will be no efficiency. However, out of respect for the power in the hands of the elders, the patriarch is obligated to present the results of the administration to the Council of Elders at the monthly family meeting.

With Fuyue's age and qualifications, he was not qualified to participate in the Council of Elders, but the Great Elder valued Zhifu very much, and he was able to come with his father this time to "increase his knowledge", which was also a blessing for this kind of attention and cultivation.

Patriarch Uchiha Shigeru and the 13 elders were naturally at the top of the circle, at the innermost level of the circle, and behind them were a handful of administrators and heads of various departments.

Everyone sat in strict accordance with their respective clans and bloodlines, and the distinction was clear, and to Fuyue's surprise, Zhishui, a young man who was still an adult, actually sat behind the patriarch elder in a regular manner, looking like a little adult.

Seeing that everyone else is accustomed to this, it seems that it is not the first time that Zhishui has come to the place where the supreme power of this family is.

Fu Yue secretly smacked his tongue, to say that the patriarch really attaches importance to this young man, you must know that even Cheng, the de facto first day talent in the clan now, is not qualified to attend.

Of course, this also has something to do with Cheng Yao opening his own case, and whether or not he can attend the elders' meeting is more a political factor than a strength factor. This Uchiha Shisui is likely to be cultivated by the patriarchal department as the next heir, and not just a simple combat genius, otherwise, so many elite ninjas in the family can still become elders one by one?

Of course, the powerful elite Shangnin, within the department, also has a natural right to speak.

The patriarch and the elders of the 13 direct bloodlines are the skeleton, and the rest of the family lineages are attached to these 13 pillars like flesh and blood, which is the general composition of the Uchiha family.

Sitting on the central seat, Fan coughed lightly, attracting the attention of everyone who originally had occasional whispers, it was he who had been standing for many years, and there was a terrifying momentum in his every move, he glanced around, saw that everyone was watching, nodded with satisfaction, and said:

"Ladies and gentlemen, this month, the affairs are complicated, how to deal with it, it depends on the concerted efforts of everyone here to make the family prosperous."

The ninjas present were silent, waiting for his next words, and their tone changed and became serious:

"Then, at the beginning of this month's regular meeting, I will first ask the heads of each department to report on their work."

Tomoo, who was next to the Great Elder, straightened his waist and said in a clear voice:

"Yes, Patriarch, then we'll ...... first."

The Great Elder Department is all over the family, but the most important thing is to control one of the lifelines of the family, as the first person in charge of this project, Tomoo explained the relevant events one by one:

"The total number of missions performed by the family this month is ......

"Income and expenditure are ......

Among them, a total of 1 upper ninja was sacrificed, and the middle ninja ......

“……

"In the end, Rei Uchiha, a member of the department, successfully opened the Sangotama during the mission. Complete. ”

Hearing the last sentence, several elders who were originally there with the old god unconsciously showed surprised expressions, but the other elders, including the patriarch, were not moved, obviously they had obtained the news through their respective channels before.

"Okay, the prosperity of the family blood is exactly what we want." Patriarch Uchiha Shigeru only made a faint gesture and motioned for the other responsible persons to continue.

"Our intelligence room ......"

"We study the ...... of the room"

“……”

After the other responsible persons reported one by one, nothing unusual happened, and Fan just said a few words of encouragement, and then, he straightened up, tapped his fingers on the solid wooden table in front of him, and threw out the biggest problem facing the council this month:

"So, let's go about the Yiyi Qimu family next......"

"What, you just gave up on the mission?!"

Makoto said a little depressedly.

White Fang glanced at him lightly, and Yun nodded lightly:

"yes."

Not long after returning to the village, Makoto found the Hagi family, still in the tea room that he often enters, while tasting Kakashi's tea ceremony, which is not very good, Makoto chatted with Hakuya.

It wasn't as Makoto had thought before, Shuo Mao didn't bother much, although it did seem to have been cleared up a bit, but this young middle-aged man was still as handsome and chic as ever, which made people jealous.

"And then, after sending that guy back to the Land of Fire to recuperate, you didn't think about sneaking back to the Land of Wind again, and taking advantage of their unpreparedness, to have a horse pistol?"

Makoto is still unwilling to mess with ideas.

White Fang rolled his eyes, and it seemed that after this incident, his expression was also much richer:

"You're really a papier-mâché! The fact that such a situation can be achieved is already the result of restraint on both sides......

“…… After all, the other party is known as the 'strongest' Kazekage. ”