Chapter 144: Tough Minato Namikaze

Konohagakure.

After attending a two-hour high-level meeting, Minato Namikaze dragged his tired body back to the Hokage's office.

After returning to the office, Minato Namikaze did not handle official business as usual, but looked out the window. Looking at the peaceful and harmonious village outside the window, Minato Namikaze fell into deep thought.

Just at the high-level meeting just now, Minato Namikaze was attacked by other high-level officials.

Although the advisory elders who assisted the Hokage did not oppose him openly, they began to oppose the reform policies he had formulated in the past few months.

The faction headed by Danzo believed that he was too indulgent to Uchiha.

The decision for Uchiha to stay in the security force was made by the second generation Hokage. Although you, a young boy, became a Hokage, you cannot violate the ancestral law formulated by the second generation Hokage.

The third generation Hokage was used to the previous set of rules and believed that it was enough to maintain the status quo. There was no need for drastic reforms. What should we do if an irreversible crisis occurs?

If it were just these opposing voices, Namikaze Minato could still barely ignore them and continue to implement the reforms he formulated.

Although the advisor elders are old people in the village, they have been in high positions for too long and their thinking has gradually become rigid.

But the ninjas who are skeptical about the reforms are not only the advisor elders, but also his friends, his subordinates, and Uchiha Fugaku, who has just reached a cooperation.

This made Namikaze Minato begin to doubt whether his reforms are right or wrong.

After all, the silence of his friends Shikaku, Choji and others can be attributed to the pressure from the families behind them, but the opposition of his civilian ninjas and some Uchiha ninjas made him incomprehensible.

The wording of the reform of Konoha's major departments is obviously beneficial to their future development.

But these people did not support him. Instead, they slacked off in the implementation and delayed the implementation of the policy, which directly led to the reforms having more disadvantages than advantages.

Thinking of this, Namikaze Minato sighed softly, and recalled his meeting with Yahiko a few months ago.

At that time, after hearing about the difficulties encountered by Yahiko during the reform, he still had some contempt in his heart, thinking that he was different from Yahiko, and with the support of the Third Hokage, the reform would be very smooth.

But what he didn't expect was that the biggest "resistance" in the reform was the Third Hokage and his companions.

As the old predecessor who nominated him, the Third Hokage was difficult to attack, and his companions who fought side by side in the past could not force anything.

On the contrary, the Root where Danzo and Orochimaru were located could smoothly implement the reform measures and the progress was quite good.

However, according to Yahiko, it was inevitable to encounter some difficulties in the reform.

It would be fine if you have the ability to face these difficulties yourself, but if you really can't, you can only use special means.

Sometimes, it is much easier to deal with political opponents than to solve the difficulties themselves.

Namikaze Minato didn't know where Yahiko learned these methods from, but he had to admit that Yahiko's words made some sense and were also in line with the style of the Third Hokage period.

During the Third Hokage period, the Hokage always showed the bright and beautiful side, while the dark side was given to Danzo to bear, forming the opposing and complementary light and shadow sides.

However, he did not like these means.

The responsibility of the Hokage is to protect all the companions in the village. How can he attack the ninjas in the same village, let alone let others bear his dark side.

Of course, the most important thing is that Minato Namikaze can't find a ninja to act as a white glove.

Although Danzo, the leader of the Root Organization, is a good scapegoat, Danzo is the white glove used by the Third Hokage after all. It is impossible for him to completely trust Danzo and he must suppress him severely.

Among the many ninjas he knows, the only ninja who is capable of acting as the dark side of the Hokage is his student Kakashi.

But Kakashi has been in the dark for too long and can no longer be exposed to the darkness of the village.

After pondering for a long time, Minato Namikaze still couldn't think of a suitable candidate, so there was only one choice in the end, that he would be the bad guy himself, showing the toughest attitude and offending everyone. .

Hokage is Hokage, and there is no need to divide it into two parts, dark and light.

He firmly believed that the reforms he carried out were for the benefit of the village, so there was nothing to be afraid of.

Thinking of this, Namikaze Minato's eyes became much firmer, and he turned to look behind his desk and began to issue one Hokage order after another.

A few hours later, all the senior ninjas in Konoha's major departments received the Hokage's orders.

In the Hokage's order, Namikaze Minato took an extremely tough attitude and asked the heads of the major ninja clans and departments to implement the reforms issued two months ago.

Whether these senior ninjas objected or not, they had to carry out the reforms as required.

Unless he stepped down from the position of Hokage, he would never give up the reforms as long as he served as Hokage for one day.

Faced with Namikaze Minato's tough words, the senior ninjas in various departments could only bite the bullet and implement the reforms.

They originally wanted to fight a protracted war with the Fourth Hokage and delay the reforms again and again until Namikaze Minato gave up the reforms, but they didn't expect that Namikaze Minato was ready for a protracted war.

Although they were unwilling to reform, they were also unwilling to offend the young and vigorous Fourth Hokage.

Moreover, if they don't become department heads, their deputies have been waiting for a long time and are ready to take over their positions at any time.

As for impeaching the Fourth Hokage, they have also thought about it in their hearts.

But at this moment, apart from Minato Namikaze, there is no other candidate suitable for the position of Hokage, and no one is more suitable for the position of Hokage than Minato Namikaze.

After all, although it is necessary to get the consent of most of the senior ninjas to become the Hokage, the key is still hard power.

At the moment when the Third Hokage resigned, Minato Namikaze was the strongest ninja in the village. The title of Golden Flash and his record on the battlefield of Iwagakure were the best proof.

Moreover, all of them, the senior ninjas, knew that the Nine-tailed Jinchuriki Kushina was the wife of the Fourth Hokage.

After receiving the order from the Hokage, the contemporary Pig, Deer and Chou were stunned for a moment, and then ordered the family ninjas to strictly implement the orders of the Fourth Hokage.

They were watching before, but after seeing Minato's tough attitude, they also made their choices.

They knew the benefits of reform, but they were worried that Minato would be influenced by the advisory elders. Although Minato was the Fourth Hokage, the retired Hokage was still the Hokage and maintained most of the power in the village.

Minato Namikaze's actions to reform the department were not only for the village, but also to consolidate power.

Nara Shikaku, Akimichi Choza and others have good personal relationships with Namikaze Minato, but they will not choose to stand on the side when the situation is unclear, unless they have a great advantage.

In their opinion, the final winner of the contest between the Fourth Hokage and the Third Hokage must be the Fourth Hokage, because youth represents everything.