Office Turmoil

Soon, Qingcheng was in the Hokage's Office, busy until noon, looking at the documents that Hiruzen Sarutobi had previously processed.

Qingcheng crossed out many documents and wrote, "The Evil Hiruzen Sarutobi is just wasting his time, he's a complete idiot. He didn't approve the Fifth Hokage and even brought some unreasonable policies to a standstill."

Ao also selected some unreasonable aspects of Konoha's policies and rejected them outright. For example, the policy of re-establishing Root ninjas was clearly unnecessary and pointless. The village already had its own Police Force to handle the aftermath; why bother with Root ninjas? Wouldn't that just be a drain on the village's ninja resources?

Another policy was to purchase new ninja tools from other ninja villages at high prices. Qingcheng also stopped this policy and said with a serious face, "Don't you know how to buy ninja tools from the Police Force? Those Police Force members each carry seven or eight sets of ninja tools. Isn't that just internal competition?"

Qingcheng directly said to Shouhon Yihan, "Take out all the ninja tools of the Police Force members and the ninja tools in the Police Force's warehouse and put them in the Hokage's warehouse. From now on, when Konoha ninjas go on missions outside the village, their allowance will be reduced by 20%, but the price of Konoha ninja tools will be reduced by half, so that all civilian ninjas can use cheap ninja tool kits."

Upon hearing this, Shouhon Yihan immediately replied, "Understood, Lord Hokage. We'll get on with it right away."

After saying that, Shouhon Yihan immediately knelt on one knee, looking extremely respectful.

This is the etiquette of the Hokage. Although it was basically abolished by Qingcheng during the Third Hokage's time, Qingcheng has now been restored during the Fifth Hokage's time. The Hokage must maintain the dignity of the Hokage."

Qingcheng spoke again, "Shouhon Yihan, handle this matter well. Tell the members of the Police Force to hand over all the extra ninja tool pouches. Each person can only keep one ninja tool pouch, or even none at all. They stay in the village Tenten, what are they going to do with ninja tool pouches? Give them to the civilian ninjas who need them. That's the most reasonable thing to do."

Upon hearing this, Shouhon Yihan said with a serious expression, "I understand, Lord Hokage."

After saying that, Shouhon Yihan immediately got up and went to find the other captains of the Police Force, demanding that the Police Force members hand over their ninja tools.

Tsunade observed that Qingcheng was already very focused, having reviewed almost all the government affairs and used Shadow Clone to handle the smaller matters.

For more serious matters, Qingcheng personally handled them, categorizing Konoha's documents into five levels: simple, general, urgent, critical, and urgent dispatch, prioritizing the more difficult ones.

Another problem is that Konoha's finances are basically in deficit every year, and it has also borrowed some foreign debt from some ninja clans, the bulk of which comes from the Sarutobi Clan.

But now that the Sarutobi Clan has been wiped out, Qingcheng naturally doesn't acknowledge these debts. Qingcheng also crossed out all the debts owed by other ninja clans."

Qingcheng retorted, "What does Hiruzen Sarutobi's debt have to do with me Uchiha Qingcheng? If you want the Hokage to pay off his debts, go find Hiruzen Sarutobi in the underworld!"

Having said that, Qingcheng showed no politeness whatsoever, tearing up all the debt receipts and cursing, "Hiruzen Sarutobi, you son of a bitch! You actually used the Hokage's name to collect debts in the village! You deserve to die! If you hadn't ended up in the Death God's belly, I would have used the Impure World Reincarnation to kill you all again!"

Hearing Qingcheng's vicious words, Mitokado Homura trembled with fear and said, "Fifth Hokage, we didn't know about these debts. They were all instigated by Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō. You must investigate this thoroughly!"

Utatane Koharu, standing to the side, was also trembling and said with a worried expression, "Fifth Hokage, I can assure you that these things were done by Hiruzen Sarutobi. It has nothing to do with Advisor Homura or me."

The two old people, a man and a woman, originally wanted to resign from their positions Konoha Advisor Qingcheng, but Qingcheng said directly, "You two wait a minute. What's the rush to resign and go home? The village is in dire need of manpower right now. Although you two are a bit slow, you can still be of use."

Upon hearing Qingcheng's refusal, neither Mitokado Homura nor Utatane Koharu dared to mention it again. However, now, in the Hokage's Office, the two no longer enjoyed their usual swagger; they were even in a state of unease, fearing that a single misstep might offend Qingcheng and result in their arrest by the Police Force, turning them into convicts in the Police Force's prison.

Upon hearing Qingcheng's words, Tsunade said with a serious expression, "Evil Uchiha, you sit in this position to solve problems, not to create them."

Qingcheng simply shrugged and said with a serious expression, "Haven't I already resolved everything? I tore up all these debt notes, so there are no more debts now."

Upon hearing this, Tsunade said with a serious expression, "Would those ninja clans who lent money to the village agree to these things? That's their hard-earned money; the village can't let them down."

Upon hearing Tsunade's words, Qingcheng excitedly added, "You're right! I think we should have the Police Force arrest them all. When they're eating in jail, they won't be so disheartened. At that point, they'll miss their freedom and won't care about the money anymore!"

Qingcheng then said with a serious expression, "The best way to solve a problem is to eliminate all the people who raised it. Solving the problem physically is the fastest and most effective method."

Upon hearing Tsunade's eyes widened in disbelief, and she shouted again, "What nonsense are you talking about? This will only discourage the ninja clans and make them stop trusting the Konoha High Command!"