Naruto: My mother, Haruno Sakura, is so smart that she is almost a demon

Before we knew it, it had been more than a month since Tsunade succeeded to the throne.

On this day, Tsunade was worried about the pile of documents as usual.

Before becoming Hokage, she had never imagined that she would have to deal with so many things every day.

In addition to the influence of Orochimaru, Tsunade herself is also partly responsible:

After Tsunade returned to the village, in order to eliminate the influence of the Third Hokage, she had to take over all the power. As a result, the burden of the Education Department and the Medical Department originally in charge of Utane Koharu, and the Police Department and the Logistics Department originally in charge of Mito Kado En fell on her; in addition, there was the Mission Department, Defense Department and Anbu originally in charge of the Hokage.

As a result, all the burdens of Konoha fell on her alone. It was impossible for her to have time to use the crystal ball to care about the beautiful women of Konoha like Sarutobi Hiruzen did.

It's not that Tsunade has never thought about giving power to others, but her own direct descendants each have their own problems:

Although Sakura is her disciple, her status is not high enough to allow her to access those confidential documents. This fact, combined with the words used by those with ulterior motives to slander Sakura, makes it impossible for her to tell whether she is helping her master to share his worries or harboring evil intentions and coveting power.

Although Kakashi and Jiraiya have enough abilities and status, whenever I want them to handle government affairs, one says he is going to look for the child of prophecy, and the other simply takes on a long-term mission away from the village. The two old men run away faster than anyone else.

Tsunade felt that she was not yet 50 and could barely hold on to the tail of her youth. She did not want to waste her precious late youth on such boring government affairs.

So Hu could only use his trump card:

"Help me, Sakura!"

Tsunade went straight over the mountain of documents on the desk and held Sakura's shoulders for help.

"What's wrong, Master?

Have you encountered any problems? Don't be anxious, speak slowly. "

Sakura stroked the front of Tsunade's hair, trying to comfort her master.

Sakura, who had just been called over by Tsunade, saw Tsunade who seemed to be possessed by Nobita Nobi as soon as she entered the office.

Tsunade also explained the dilemma she was facing very clearly.

During this month, Tsunade was very impressed with Sakura's abilities.

Actively promote medical insurance and medical loans so that Konoha's cash-strapped ninjas can receive hospital treatment. Of course, the insurance premiums and loan interest will naturally go into the public account.

He advocated educational reform, added new teaching subjects to ninja schools, and included basic attribute ninjutsu as a subject for graduate assessment; and added extracurricular tutoring classes to create jobs for ninjas who retired due to age or injury. Of course, extracurricular tutoring was not free, and the tutoring teachers received salaries and performance bonuses, and the students' tuition fees naturally went into the public account.

After the implementation of these two measures, Konoha gained two additional sources of considerable financial revenue and restored its ability to generate its own income.

What surprised Tsunade even more was that it only took Sakura one month to completely defeat the remaining political forces from the Sandaime era.

The remaining ninjas of the Sarutobi clan were not prepared to obey Tsunade's orders at first, but Sakura asked Tsunade to bite them to death. The victims of the Sarutobi clan in the Konoha's collapse plan were entirely caused by their own actions, and their names did not deserve to be engraved on the memorial tablet. It was not until Sarutobi Mitsusuke was willing to draw more than 700 ninjas from the clan to replace the border patrol team that Tsunade's attitude eased and she agreed to restore the martyr status of those victims.

As for those heroes who voluntarily went to the border to suffer, Tsunade also accepted Sakura's suggestion and moved the families of these heroes out of the Sarutobi clan's territory, cleared a street, and concentrated their protection.

To Tsunade's surprise, Sakura found a head that recorded the shocking secret that Danzo refused to support the Sandaime and even directly killed the Anbu.

The appearance of this head directly triggered the conflict between Danzo and Sarutobi Mitsusuke. After learning the information, Utane Koharu and Mito Kado En also parted ways with Danzo.

What surprised Tsunade even more was that Sakura took this opportunity to help her recruit Utane Koharu, and after promising her some benefits, she gained the real power in her hands in exchange.

In fact, it is not surprising that Utatane Koharu did this, because the entire Sandaime Group had been disintegrated at that time, and the political defeat was irreversible. If she could use the power in her hands to exchange for something at this time to prevent herself and her family from suffering heavy losses, she would definitely be willing to do so.

After Sakura did all this, Tsunade was also very curious. It was obvious that Sakura had already set up the plan and was ready to attack the Sandai Group. Did she know that she would take over as Hokage?

But Sakura's answer at that time was

“How is that possible?

The reason I did this is because no matter if the Fifth Generation is the Master, Mr. Jiraiya or Sensei Kakashi, the Third Generation Group is a problem that must be faced.

I have worked so hard for so long for Konoha."

Tsunade was also very moved when she heard Sakura's answer:

This is an excellent Konoha ninja, the best spokesperson for the will of fire.

"I see......"

After listening to Tsunade's description, Sakura also knew where the problem was. Sakura glanced at Tsunade and couldn't help but sighed secretly:

It seems that Master has mistaken me for Doraemon's Jinchuriki!

Why didn’t I think of this when I first planned it?

Although I had arranged everything, I overlooked the fact that doing so might make Tsunade dependent on me.

No, if Master has to ask me about everything, it will not only be detrimental to Master’s growth, but will also affect my own cultivation.

I have been Tsunade's apprentice for such a long time, but I haven't learned any ninjutsu yet. Instead, she has learned a lot of political knowledge from me.

Sakura thought for a while and gave Tsunade a way to have the best of both worlds:

"Master, why don't we set up a cabinet?"

"Cabinet? What's that?"

Tsunade asked curiously.

"It means setting up a department dedicated to advising the Hokage, similar to the General Staff during wartime, to replace the original Hokage and assist this position.

My initial idea is to select five ninjas with excellent political talents to handle Konoha's major and minor affairs together with a cabinet chief appointed by the Hokage."

Sakura explained her idea to Tsunade.

"Then why don't I just assign a Hokage to assist?"

“Because in my conception, the cabinet only has the power of making recommendations, not the power of making decisions.

The cabinet will give the master the overview of various matters and the proposed solutions. Only when the master agrees can they be implemented. If the master objects, it will be sent directly back to the cabinet and asked to come up with a new plan. "

"Wouldn't that give the Cabinet too much power?"

Although Tsunade was not a power-hungry person, she still did not want to raise another council of elders.

"No, first of all, when selecting members, except for the cabinet chief appointed by the Hokage, the rest of the members should try to be those ninjas who are smart but weak in strength. Without strength, no matter how smart they are, they cannot pose a threat to the Hokage.

Secondly, within the cabinet, any plan must go through an internal vote before being submitted to the Hokage, with the cabinet chief having two votes and the other members having one vote.

Thirdly, in order to prevent the cabinet chief from forming a faction, the cabinet members are not fixed. They will be re-selected every two years and the old cabinet members will be arranged in other civil service positions. As for the cabinet chief, how long he will stay in office depends on the mood of the Hokage. "

As Sakura spoke more and more, Tsunade's eyes began to sparkle. She seemed to see the documents on the desk moving away from her little by little.

Sakura was relieved to see Tsunade's satisfaction.

The establishment of the cabinet not only helped Tsunade reduce her burden, but also in the future, when Tsunade had any problems, she would give priority to the cabinet instead of bothering her cheap apprentice.

After Tsunade asked Sakura a few more questions, the candidate for the first cabinet prime minister was finalized:

Nara Shikaku.

When leaving the Hokage's office, Sakura couldn't help but glance at her palms:

Fortunately, the fingers are still there.