Chapter 107: The new forces of Konoha in the Shangnin Council
The scale of this Shangnin meeting may not be "unprecedented", but it is definitely "unprecedented".
Due to the need for more troops in the Second Ninja World War, the three generations of Hokage relaxed the number of upper ninja restrictions in the early stage of the war, and each ninja clan also drew out their family upper ninja to join the Konoha upper ninja class to participate in the war, and the number of upper ninja swelled sharply.
Especially the radical faction of the Uchiha clan, originally because they were the most wary of the Hokage, they were also used to hiding the number of ninjas, but under the leadership of Uchiha Tokumitsu, they continued to send personnel to participate in many battles in the country of grass and the country of Sichuan, although there was also a lot of loss, but after the bloody killing on the battlefield, the strength of the Uchiha clan has increased more or less.
Including the Uchiha tribe, who have been serving in the police department for a long time, have also been moved by this.
When Uchiha Tokumitsu visited various shinobi families, many Uchiha people from the police department had already offered to go to the battlefield to experience and find their own breakthrough opportunities.
And this time, the seating layout of the Shangnin meeting is also quite mysterious.
The Uchiha clan, the Kurama clan, and the clan-affiliated ninja clans were concentrated on the left side of the conference room, to the right were the supporters of Sakushige Hagi, in the middle were the Hyuga clan, and beyond that was a hodgepodge of Konoha ninja and civilian shinobi.
The small and medium-sized ninja clan that was originally attached to the Thousand Hands, as the last clansmen of the Thousand Hands clan successively announced that they would give up their names and choose to go into hiding, and after quitting the ninja sequence, they have gradually integrated into the ninja camp.
It's just that the first two rows of positions in the ninja camp are vacant, and it seems that they are reserved for other big names by default.
The Uzumaki Clan's Uzumaki Reeds Patriarch then arrived at the venue, and after finding that the crowd in the venue was divided, it was natural for the clan to sit down at the back of the Uchiha camp, while he himself sat in the front row, and chatted enthusiastically with Uchiha Tokumitsu and Hachiki Sakushige.
After that, Tsunade, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and the blue-haired Kato Tsunade led the crowd in, and the three of them went straight to the front row and sat down, and Kato sat down in the back. It's just that Tsunade's face is obviously unhappy, and he seems to be angry.
Just as Uchiha Tokumitsu and Uzumaki Reina were chatting nonsense, the third generation of ape Tobi Hizashi also walked in from the side door at the front of the conference room with two advisors, Mito Menyan and Zhuanyu Koharu, and sat down at the top.
Uchiha Tokumitsu and Uzumaki Reina also stopped talking, and the entire venue fell silent.
Although there are indeed other topics on the subject of this meeting, the ninjas all know what the core or greatest fun of this meeting is.
One issue after another is raised by the commanders of the various ministries of Konoha or the commanders of the garrison ninja forces, and then follow the usual practice or make decisions on the spot, or stay in custody for another investigation afterwards.
Different from the casualness of the previous Shangnin meeting, the atmosphere of this Shangnin meeting was obviously much more solemn.
Especially as the agenda progresses, the breathing of the ninja gradually increases.
“…… The last item on the agenda. ”
Turning to bed, Koharu paused.
The venue immediately fell silent.
Here's the highlight.
“…… Regarding the matter proposed by the deputy commander of the mobile unit, Uchiha Tokumitsu and others, regarding the reshinja class ......"
With a particularly obvious dissatisfaction, Zhuan Xiaochun read out the last item.
"The deputy commander of the mobile unit, Uchiha Tokumitsu Shinobu, believes that the current leader of the upper ninja squad, Nara Antlers, has made no contribution to the war and is difficult to convince the public, so he initiates an impeachment and asks the upper ninja class to immediately initiate a re-election......"
Koharu's voice became quieter and quieter.
"Do you think there is a need for discussion and voting? Are there any dissenting people? ”
The room remained silent.
All eyes were on Uchiha Tokumitsu and Hachiki Sakushige.
"If you support Uchiha Tokumitsu Shinobu about immediately holding a general election for the upper ninja class, please raise your hand."
Mito Menyan took over and said.
"Boom!"
The upper ninjas of the Uchiha camp and the Shuomao camp all raised their hands.
And nearly half of the Hyuga camp and the ninja camp also raised their hands.
With a glance at Mito Menyan, you can judge the proportion of people who support the re-election.
Super seventy percent of Konoha Shangnin agreed to immediately carry out the change of the upper ninja class.
Although he had known it for a long time, seeing such a one-sided situation, Mito Menyan's heart was also very uncomfortable.
"The wealthy and the common people are a group of white-eyed wolves that cannot be raised......"
Mito Menyan scolded in his heart, and was particularly dissatisfied with the same support for the change of the upper ninja class, some of the daily upper ninja and the civilian upper ninja.
But he still continued to push forward the agenda calmly: "Regarding the candidate for the leader of the upper ninja class, do you have any recommendations?" ”
"I recommend Hagi Shuo Shige Shinobi!"
Uchiha Tokumitsu was the first to stand up.
"Seconded!"
"Seconded ......"
The Uchiha camp immediately all spoke out in support.
"According to the rules of the second generation of Lord Shangnin's upper ninja class, three to five upper ninjas can be recommended to participate in the election, are there any other candidates for you?"
Even though he knew that it would be in vain to say this, Mito Menyan continued to speak up.
"I recommend Tsunade Shinobi!"
A shinobi in the ninja camp with a ball on his head stood up.
"Yes!"
"Agree ......"
Dozens of more shinobi spoke in agreement.
It's just that the momentum is much smaller than the crowd that supports Qimu Shuomao.
Tsunade's face also became even more ugly.
"I recommend Akido Takaze-sama!"
A middle-aged man with a loyal appearance stood up and said.
The Hokage and the advisors in the upper seat were slightly stunned.
"As the elder of the village, he has served as the general of the dispatch army after his comeback, so he is not suitable to participate in this election again, and he must give his juniors a chance to improve......
After hesitating for a while, Koharu rejects this recommendation.
The middle-aged Shinobi didn't say anything, just sat down.
The other shinobi looked at each other and did not express their opinions.
"Do you have any other recommendations?"
Mito Menyan continued to ask.
The room fell silent again.
Mito Menyan sighed in his heart and continued: "Then, the next step is the voting session for the election of the president of the upper ninja class, and the recommenders who participated in the election this time are Hagi Shuomao Kamishinobi and Tsunade Shinobi, please vote based on the two candidates......"
A team of shadows entered and handed out an envelope to each of the shinobi present.
Uchiha Tokumitsu opened the envelope, and inside was a piece of red paper.
"Please fill in the names of the intended candidates, and the one with the highest number of votes in this election will be elected as the president of the upper ninja class......"
Uchiha Tokumitsu took pen and ink and wrote the four big characters of Hagi Shuo Shige on the red letter without hesitation.
The paper is then blown to dry the ink.
After placing the ballot in the envelope, Uchiha Tokumitsu hesitated for a moment and wrote his name in the lower right corner of the envelope with a stroke of pen.
Seeing this, the surrounding Uchiha people or supporters of Sakumo Hagi also followed suit, writing their names or codes in various corners of the envelope.
Seeing this, Mito Menitis closed his eyes.
He also thought that even if the election of Hagi Sshoshige was irreversible, at least he could do something about the number of votes, so that the votes of Tsunade, who was also a candidate, would not seem so small, and it would also make the camp that supported Hagi Sorger suspicious of each other.
But Uchiha Deguang put up a signed vote and suddenly nullified his trick.
Hachiki Sakumo hesitated, but wrote his name on the ballot.
Uchiha Tokumitsu had been watching his movements sideways, and when he saw Hagi Shuomao's movements, his heart was slightly relieved.
What he was most afraid of was that Hachiki Shuo Shigeru was embarrassed to choose himself at this time, and come up with a "carry forward style" to vote for Tsunade, if that was the case, it would be too demoralizing internally.
But fortunately, what I feared in my heart didn't happen after all.
The ballot papers were all filled out in a short time.
All eyes were on Sakushige Hagi.
Sakushige was the first to stand up and hand over the ballot envelope to the stage.
Uchiha Tokumitsu then led his people forward.
The upper ninjas below also handed over the envelopes one after another.
Not only were the seats in the conference hall distinct, but even the ballot envelopes stacked on the table were divided into two piles, one large and one small.
At a cursory glance, there are about half as many ballot envelopes stacked on the left as there are on the right.
The significance of this is self-evident.
"Is there still a ninja who hasn't turned in his ballot?"
Mito Menyan said from his advisor.
I asked three times in a row, but no one at the venue answered.
"The voting in this election is over, and the confidence vote statistics for the ninja squad leader election will begin!"
The shadows push a moving blackboard into the room.
After Mito Menyan closed the two piles of ballots together and shuffled them, he picked up the envelopes and opened them one by one, and began to count the ballots, and secretly wrote the names of Hagi Sakushige and Tsunade on the blackboard.
"One vote for Qimu Shuomao!"
"One vote for Qimu Shuomao!"
"One vote for Qimu Shuomao!"
……
Mito Menyan reads quickly.
Nearly 100 ballots were read in a row, and all of them were in support of Sakushi.
"One vote for Tsunade!"
"One vote for Tsunade!"
"One vote for Qimu Shuomao!"
Tsunade began to get some votes one after another.
But the proportions are unusually disproportionate.
The silent three generations of apes on the stage listened to the sound of "Qimu Shuomao", and their hearts were also surging.
Unspeakable emotions rolled in the chest.
Kamishinobi is the backbone of the Shinobi Village, and every Kamishinobi is a valuable resource, and the Kamishinobi Class is the authority of Konoha after the advisory group.
Although it does not have the power to enforce, the upper ninja class is also a power organization that represents the will of all the upper ninja in Konoha, in addition to the right to deliberate and vote on the general affairs of the village, theoretically the upper ninja class can also internally nominate Hokage candidates or initiate impeachment of no confidence in the Hokage.
With such a huge amount of power, as the commander of the actions of the upper ninja class, the leader of the upper ninja class is naturally a high-ranking Konoha executive.
However, in the past, due to the continuous centralization of power by the Hokage and his advisors, and the long-term occupation of the position of the leader of the upper ninja class by the upper ninja clan of the Nara clan, the power of the upper ninja class was repeatedly reduced, and it almost became a voting machine, almost insulated from the decision-making of the ninja village.
But the system is the system, no matter how much it is actually cut, the power of the upper ninja class is there, and if there is a strong, tough attitude and backstage support of the upper ninja class leader, the Hokage and his advisors may not have the opportunity to manipulate power at will as in the past.
And this time, the election of the leader of the upper ninja class is also since the second generation of Hokage took the helm of Konoha, and the Hokage family has lost absolute control over the upper ninja class, which also means that the internal disputes of Konoha have since become clear.
Even if the influence of the Hokage family in the upper ninja class was restored in the later stage by re-wooing the upper ninja and suppressing the power of the upper ninja squad leader, it was definitely not as comfortable as in the past.
At the same time, it also means that the Uchiha clan, the supporters behind the new shinobi squad leader Hachiki Shuoshige, will officially get rid of the shackles of the past.
It also means that since the second generation of the Thousand Hands, the strategy of trying to "domesticate" the Uchiha clan has completely failed!
The ninja clan who are unwilling to fail, especially the Sarufei clan, the Shimura family, and the Pig Deer Butterfly clan, I'm afraid the internal opinions are also very big.
Especially within the three clans of pigs, deer and butterflies, there are still people who generally have an unclear attitude led by the autumn road......
With the defeat of the election of the head of the ninja class this time, the Hokage family, which seems to be united, immediately exposed a lot of problems.
Hopefully not the beginning of an avalanche......
The three generations sighed helplessly.
"One vote for Qimu Shuomao!"
Mito read out the contents of the last ballot.
The thoughts of the three generations of apes flying back a little bit.
As for the result, he didn't even have to look up to see it.
When the votes were read, the incessant "Hagi Shuo Shige" had already told him what the election would be.
Mito Menyan looked at the voting results and said directly: "According to the statistical results of the confidence vote in the general election of the head of the upper ninja class, Hagi Shuomao Shangnin was officially elected as the head of the upper ninja class!" ”
He didn't read the votes of the two, because the difference was so great that if he read it, Tsunade's face would be completely lost.
Under the shadow of the Hokage, Uchiha Tokumitsu didn't see Miyome's expression clearly at this time.
Tsunade was forcibly put on the stage as another candidate, and his expression returned to calm at this time.
All the Uchiha ninjas stood up and applauded in unison, and the supporters of Sakushige Hagi also got up with excited expressions, followed by the Hyuga clan, the ninja clan, and the civilian ninjas who stood up one after another.
Although he may not support the election of Sakushige, the result is unchangeable.
Hachiki Sao Shigeru stood up and bowed to the Hokage and the two advisors on the stage, and then, at the Hokage's cordial invitation, stepped up to the front desk and bowed again to the shinobi present, and then gave a short and concise inauguration speech.
This is the first major upheaval in the core of Konoha power, and it could also be the beginning of a new round of reshuffle.
"According to the results of this vote of confidence in the upper ninja class, I announce that Hagi Shuomao Shangnin has been officially elected as the leader of the upper ninja class!"
After Hachiki Shuomao's speech ended, the three generations who had been silent for a long time said slowly.
The final word is settled.
Uchiha Tokumi's waist loosened, leaned back in the chair, and the whole person relaxed.
Fortunately, after several years of hard work, it finally succeeded, pushing Qimu Shuomao to a position that he had never had in his previous life, and it can be regarded as changing the original historical trajectory.
Now that the Arrow Breakwater has been successfully built, it should be the internal affairs of the Uchiha clan that should be reorganized.
It's a bit busy tonight, and the second chapter may not be until two or three o'clock in the morning.
(End of chapter)