"That kid Luo Sha actually..."
In the former Daimyofu of the Kingdom of Wind, which is now the ruling government of the capital, the Kazekage of the Third Generation of Sunagakure, the ruler of the Kingdom of Wind, is holding a government meeting.
Ever since he took the lead in turning a village into a country despite the great dissatisfaction of the ninja world, Sunagakure has faced many difficulties in governing the Kingdom of Wind.
First, there was the unanimous condemnation of the daimyo of all the ninja world, and then the invasion of Iwagakure. In addition, the old nobles did not cooperate in the process of Sunagakure taking over the country of wind. The first ninja ruling regime in the ninja world faced Focus on many difficulties.
If it were not for the military support of the Tokumitsu Shogunate, Sunagakure, whose domestic production and logistics system was about to collapse in the early stages of turning the village into a country, would not have been able to withstand Iwagakure's troops.
If the United Company had not engaged in large-scale oasis contracting throughout the Kingdom of Wind, and provided blood transfusions to Sunagakure and the ruling government of the Kingdom of Wind through the tax farming system, the economy of the Kingdom of Wind would have collapsed long ago.
But the existence of Konoha, the shogunate and even the United Company still made the original senior executives of Sunagakure feel like they were stuck in their throats.
Only after implementing self-management for a period of time, the senior management of Sunagakure finally admitted that they were indeed economically incompetent, and their management was completely different from that of the United Company.
only--
"Don't worry about that brat Luo Sha for now!"
An elderly Sunagakure executive paused his crutches dissatisfied, grinned with a toothless grin and shouted, "What we should be talking about today is tax increases!"
"More taxes! What taxes! How to increase taxes!"
Another dissenting elder retorted angrily: "Don't think I don't know. The oasis your family took over has squeezed the common people to death! And just to raise taxes!"
“What does this have to do with a nationwide tax increase!”
The orange-skinned face of Toothless's senior manager suddenly turned red with anger, "How can we expand the Ninja Army without raising taxes! How can we defend this country without increasing the Ninja Army!"
"I think you are a national thief who received black money from the shogunate!"
"You are the national traitor who is causing trouble to our country! You can't even manage an oasis in your home!"
"You took dirty money!"
"You are greedy and incompetent!"
Two senior elders whose teeth could be counted on one hand started to quarrel.
"..."
The Third Kazekage closed his eyes in pain.
In order to strengthen the power of Sunagakure and promote the orderly and sustainable development of the Ninja Village, he also established an Elders' House and an Inspectorate in Sunagakure based on Konoha's Senate and House of Representatives. As old as Su Lao when the village was founded, the Inspection Council is dominated by the village's jounin; but I didn't expect that the senior elders of the former ninja village who filled the quota for the elders council would behave so badly in the end!
Even though the Third Kazekage had never thought that they could "tolerate each other for the sake of the country" like the Konoha Senate and House of Representatives, he did not want the two houses of the village to become completely open and engage in camp hostility like the current quarrel!
What a thing!
You can't just admit that Sunagakure is stupider than the Konoha ninjas!
No...I can't say stupid.
As far as the Third Kazekage knew, the high-ranking elders who had obtained the oasis fiefdom were not as smart as anyone when they came up with clever names to collect taxes.
Although there is no such thing as the Hyuga clan's disdain, the little belongings hidden by the sand people have never been hidden from the eyes of the elders. Not only did they carefully calculate and plunder every penny, but they also levied taxes on the sand people. Eighty years later, now There are even some oases where even camel excrement has to be taxed.
It was nothing more than breaking bones and sucking marrow. The Third Kazekage didn't care much about the lives of civilians.
The problem is that those taxes cannot reach the ruling government! After the collection was collected, it was all lost in the name of various "deficits", "fire consumption", etc.! In the end, he turned around and asked the ruling government for money!
As a result, the only sustainable source of income for Sunagakure and the ruling government was the oases contracted by the joint company.
But now that it has reached this point, some senior elders of Sunagakure are still unwilling to give in. They insist that contracting the oasis to the United Company is "selling off the territory of the Kingdom of Wind", which will definitely lead to the loss of tax revenue, and they advocate that they should take it back Oasis operating rights.
Thinking of this, the Third Kazekage couldn't help but look at the great elder Ebizo sitting beside him like a puppet.
Although Ebizo is not the oldest, as a leader of the village-building generation, his prestige can still suppress the Elder Council.
The current chaos in the Sunagakure Elder's House is mostly due to the fact that Ebizo never expressed his position on this, which gave some people a wrong understanding.
Of course, the above views are only the personal understanding of the Third Kazekage.
In fact, he didn't know why Ebizo had remained silent on this matter.
"Bang bang bang!"
The Third Kazekage impatiently used his Magnetic Release to condense a small hammer and banged the table hard.
"quiet!"
A group of old men continued to argue.
"quiet!!!"
The Third Kazekage punched a big hole in the table.
The senior elders finally shut up.
"What we are going to talk about today..."
The Third Kazekage's gaze was as gloomy as a vulture, scanning all the senior elders present.
"...It's Luo Sha!"
"How do you view Luo Sha's promotion!"
All the senior elders looked at each other, and then they remembered the reason why the Third Kazekage summoned them.
"This is a betrayal of the village!"
It was the orange-skinned toothless elder who advocated taking back the oasis who was the first to attack: "As a Jonin sent by the village, Luo Sha not only accepted the so-called honors from the shogunate, but also received a promotion. This shows that he no longer has the village in his heart! "
"right!"
"Must be severely punished!"
"Call him back for review!"
"The column leader needs to be replaced by one of our own!"
The senior elders of the same faction as Elder Toothless all agreed.
The Third Kazekage heard this and became even more desperate.
...Why are there such incompetent senior elders in Sunagakure!
How could Sunagakure be okay with these incompetent insects?
It’s better to just take over the power yourself!
For the 9527th time, the Third Kazekage regretted his original reforms.
Then he turned his attention to the elders who had previously defended the joint company's tax farming operation.
However, these elders looked at each other without saying a word.
"The Joint Counter-Terrorism Force is not a place where you can come and go freely!"
There was no choice but for the Third Kazekage to go into battle on his own. "It is impossible to change people unless the village voluntarily gives up the command of this ninja army!"
"That is an elite ninja army with five hundred ninjas and many Konoha blood successors!"
The Third Kazekage emphasized.
"In that case, let Luo Sha send some people back to help the village perform tasks!"
"And it is said that his subordinates all receive fixed salaries, so there is no need to pay them any more when performing tasks!"
"Contributing to the village gives him a chance to clear his name! This is really a bargain for that kid Luo Sha!"
"I heard that the ninjas in the village call him the loyal dog of the shogunate! He loves the shogunate more than the village! It is also good for him to let him contribute some strength to the village!"
A group of high-ranking elders were talking about it, and all kinds of weird remarks came out one after another.
The Third Kazekage became even more desperate.
"Since there are blood successor ninjas from Konoha under his command... let Rasa send them to the village to get married! Then the village will also have the same blood successor limit power."
As soon as this statement came out, it once again attracted endless approval.
The Third Kazekage was completely desperate.
Although as a superior, there is no need for things like face that only add burdens, but the Third Kazekage is not so whimsical.
How dare you peek at the bloodline of Konoha's blood ninja... Are you afraid that Sunagakure will live a few more days!
The Third Kazekage glanced at the senior elder who was complacent after making this suggestion and decided to do it tomorrow!
"According to the elders, is the village planning to declare war with Konoha and then defect to the Northern Alliance?"
Ebizo suddenly opened his mouth and said.
Including the Third Kazekage, everyone present immediately looked solemn.
This is not something I feel comfortable saying...
After all, Iwagakure, one of the two giants of the Northern Alliance, has a blood feud with Sunagakure.
"If you just submit to Konoha like this... if it goes on for a long time, the entire Kingdom of Wind will become a vassal of Konoha."
The orange-skinned elder Toothless replied bravely.
Ebizo's attitude was already obvious, but as the leader of the faction, he had to respond.
"So you can do whatever you want? Push the village into the abyss?"
Ebizo turned his attention to the senior elders.
Wherever they looked, everyone bowed their heads and remained silent.
It's just that they are still complaining in their stomachs.
It was clear that Ebizo had remained silent and neutral at the beginning, so why did he stand up to defend the Third Kazekage now? !
Confused!
The third generation of Kazekage is still bent on passing on the succession system of Kazekage through jounin voting! At that time, it is very likely that Luo Sha, who has the power of magnetic escape, will take over!
Wouldn’t it be good for everyone to learn from the nobles’ “advanced” concept of inheritance from generation to generation? Why do we have to have a Jonin voting system? Who knows if those Jonin who are greedy for money will choose some "non-national" Kazekage successor!
What’s more, everyone has dedicated their lives to the village! And now that the village has been transformed into a country, can’t we enjoy enjoyment? Besides, what’s wrong with seeking so many billions of benefits for the family’s descendants! Isn't this human nature?
Of course, under the pressure of the third generation Kazekage and the great elder Ebizo, the elders who held objections still did not dare to say a word.
"Your Excellency Feng Ying..."
Ebizo's eyes turned to the Third Kazekage.
The Third Kazekage also nodded in response, indicating that he was listening.
"At the United Company..."
Ebizo pondered for a moment, "Let's find a way to increase the tax package. After all, the village does need funds and materials..."
The Third Kazekage sighed and said nothing.
"This matter is indeed difficult, and it also makes it difficult for you..."
Ebizo's tone was very firm, "But this is necessary, otherwise our generation will not be able to give an explanation to the descendants of Sunagakure!"
The Third Kazekage could only nodded.
"There is one more thing that I hope Your Excellency Feng Ying will approve..."
Ebizo continued.
"Say it!"
Anyway, it’s not bad.
"I propose in the name of the chief elder of Sunagakure..."
Ebizo took a deep breath and said resolutely: "From now on, the current Council of Elders will be dissolved! All members will be re-elected!"
The Third Kazekage was surprised at first, and then ecstatic!
"good!"
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