In Hikaru's view, that so-called Elder Advisory Council was a damn position that never should have existed.
It had been established to prevent the Hokage from acting recklessly, but because of its existence, Shimura Danzō had only grown more arrogant and utterly unscrupulous. If Hikaru ever gained great power and absolute authority one day, he would get rid of them first thing.
Their existence was a safeguard for the village, but it could also become a major restriction on the Hokage, tying his hands at every turn.
If the Third Hokage had not been so soft-hearted, if he had been more direct and independent, then the Advisory Council would not have meant much. But his personality was somewhat weak, and the existence of those positions would lead to a series of events that otherwise would never have happened.
Just look at how those old fossils on the Advisory Council could still jump out and chatter endlessly after Tsunade became Hokage, imposing all sorts of restrictions on her.
Danzo, lurking in the shadows, naturally wished for the Advisory Council to have as much power as possible. The more power it had, the more benefits he could gain.
Trying to ease the relationship between the village and the Uchiha Clan would not be easy. Either the current Hokage needed the resolve to suppress all opposition and put the Uchiha to important use, or the Uchiha needed to break out of their current situation and seize a measure of real authority.
At the end of the day, the Uchiha could not become outsiders on the fringes. Otherwise, trouble would come sooner or later.
Unfortunately, even if the Third Hokage had that kind of resolve, he would not dare do it. Aside from the Elder Advisory Council, there was an even greater constraint: Hashirama