"Lord Fifth!!"
"Brother Shin, you're up!!"
Uchiha Shin walked out of the bedroom, followed the scent, and came to the kitchen.
Izumi had woken up early today to personally cook breakfast for Uchiha Shin.
Several maids were assisting her.
Seeing Uchiha Shin approach, the maids quickly bowed and greeted him.
Izumi turned around and was delighted to see Uchiha Shin.
"Hmm, I smelled the breakfast you were making, Izumi."
"So I got up!"
Uchiha Shin smiled and walked towards Izumi, at the same time waving his hand at the maids.
The maids knew that Uchiha Shin wanted to be alone with Izumi, so they didn't dare to stay any longer.
After bowing, they quickly left the kitchen.
Uchiha Shin walked up behind Izumi and hugged her slender waist.
Izumi happened to tilt her head back, and the two of them naturally kissed.
It wasn't until the food in the pot started to smell burnt that the two of them stopped.
Izumi frantically stirred the food in the pot, exclaiming.
Uchiha Shin found it amusing and didn't move away, just watching Izumi's busy figure.
If Mikoto, Tsunade, and Yugito were just Uchiha Shin's desires, then Izumi was his slice of worldly life, allowing him to feel warmth and joy!
Twenty minutes later, Izumi finally finished making breakfast.
It was very sumptuous, but only Izumi and Uchiha Shin were eating together.
As for women like Mikoto and Tsunade, Uchiha Shin didn't call them up, nor did he intend to let them join his and Izumi's breakfast.
The two had just finished a warm breakfast.
Uchiha Shin was about to go and study the Flying Thunder God Technique and the Reanimation Jutsu when the four advisors arrived together.
"Why do you four elders have time to come to my place today??"
Uchiha Shin looked at the four of them with a smile.
The four of them looked at Uchiha Shin with a resentful expression.
"Lord Fifth, do you still remember that you are the Hokage?"
"Exactly, Lord Fifth, it's too much for you to just dump all the work on us!"
"Konoha has been established for so many years, and we've never seen such an irresponsible Hokage..."
"Well, you're seeing one now!"
Uchiha Shin wasn't angry at the advisors' complaints and said with a smile.
"..."
Uchiha Setsuna.
"..."
Shikaku.
"..."
Hiashi.
"..."
Kakashi.
"Ahem... let's get back to business! What did you come to find me for?"
Uchiha Shin asked.
"Lord Fifth, our expansion has been too fast."
"Now, many places are short of officials!"
"The local administration is a mess!"
Shikaku said quickly.
"We're also short of tax officials! Many local taxes can't be collected normally!"
Uchiha Setsuna said.
Under Uchiha Shin's management, other administrative affairs and tax affairs were separate.
"In addition, there are too many places where ninja are needed. I'm afraid our Konoha's ninja are not enough!"
Hiashi said.
"..."
Kakashi.
"Kakashi, don't you have anything to say??"
Uchiha Shin looked at Kakashi.
"The three advisors have already said everything I wanted to say. I have nothing to add!!"
Kakashi scratched his head and said a little awkwardly.
He, like Uchiha Shin, was a bit lazy, and his mind was not on dealing with these official duties.
He would push them to the three advisors whenever he could.
And the three advisors also liked to take on power, so they naturally had no objections.
Therefore, although Kakashi was an advisor, to be honest, he was just making up the numbers.
"Alright!!"
Uchiha Shin glanced at Kakashi, then at Shikaku, Uchiha Setsuna, and Hiashi.
He said: "The problems you've mentioned are easy to solve!!"
"First, Advisor Shikaku and Advisor Setsuna, your problems may seem like two, but they are actually just one. They can be solved with just one examination!!"
"An examination??"
Shikaku and Setsuna were stunned.
"That's right, an examination!"
"A civil service examination for the entire Land of Fire!"
"Later, after you go back, you will announce to the public that Konoha will select officials through an examination!!! There's not much else in this world,"
"but there are a lot of people."
"And even more people who want to be officials!! I believe,"
"after one examination, you will be able to select the officials you need!"
"If one examination is not enough, then have a few more! It will definitely solve the problem of the scarcity of officials!!"
Uchiha Shin said.
"It can be done like this??"
Shikaku and Uchiha Setsuna were dumbfounded.
On this continent, after thousands of years of inheritance, the social structure has become quite rigid.
The descendants of officials are officials, the descendants of nobles are nobles, the descendants of merchants are merchants, and the descendants of commoners can only be commoners!
Official positions have long been monopolized.
There is no precedent for selecting officials through examinations, nor is there a need to do so.
Therefore, Shikaku and the others had never thought of solving the problem of the lack of officials in this way!
"What else!!"
Uchiha Shin said.
"This method is not suitable for the Daimyo era, but it is very suitable for us now! Lord Fifth, this method of yours is great! Why didn't I think of it before!!!"
After coming to his senses, Shikaku said with an excited expression.
Uchiha Shin pouted.
It would be strange if you could think of it.
You are a native of this world, and your thinking has long been limited.
"Since you think it's feasible, then let's do it like this!"
Uchiha Shin said with a faint smile.
"Yes!!"
Shikaku and Uchiha Setsuna responded in unison.
At this time, Uchiha Shin turned his gaze to Hiashi!!
"The Land of Fire is too big, and our Konoha's ninja are not enough. We can gather a group of samurai to act as an auxiliary army! Not everything needs a ninja to be dispatched. That would be too much of a waste of ninja manpower!"
Uchiha Shin said.
"But those samurai were previously subordinates of the feudal lords and nobles. Is it really okay for us to use them??"
Hiashi said with some hesitation.
"What could be the problem? It's not like we're withdrawing all the ninja."
"A few ninja will still be left in each place to lead, manage, and supervise those samurai! Do you think they would dare to rebel?"
"Besides, the loyalty of those samurai to the nobles is not unchangeable. As long as we give them enough food and pay, they will slowly accept our rule!"
Uchiha Shin said in a deep voice.
"Yes!!"
Hearing this, Hiashi immediately had no objections.
After thinking for a moment, Uchiha Shin looked at Kakashi again.
"Kakashi, since you're so free, then help the village recruit a batch of rogue ninja!"
"Recruit rogue ninja??"
Kakashi was slightly taken aback.
Hearing this, Shikaku, Hiashi, and Setsuna couldn't stay out of it either.
"Fifth, rogue ninja are not trustworthy!"
Uchiha Setsuna asked quickly.
"That's right, Lord Fifth. Rogue ninja are a mixed bag. We don't know how many ill-intentioned people are hidden among them..."
Shikaku said.
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