Chapter 265: New Minister of Magic Candidate
The Minister of Magic is the top leader of the British wizarding world. He has full authority to manage all affairs of the wizarding society and has exclusive jurisdiction over the entire Ministry of Magic.
His status is equivalent to that of the Prime Minister in British Muggle society, with even greater powers and wider jurisdiction.
For such a powerful position, Margery wanted to change her position. These words were called "extremely arrogant". Shirley's eyes widened when she heard it, and Hermione even shook her little hand and held the butterbeer in her hand. All spread all over.
However, Rolf stared at Margaery calmly.
Others might think she was joking or making wild remarks, but with Luofu's understanding of this crazy sister, instead of feeling the slightest bit ridiculous, he asked seriously:
"What are you going to do?"
"Peter Pettigrew escaped the year before last, the Dark Mark appeared in the Quidditch World Cup final last year, and hundreds of wizards died... These two things have already severely damaged Fudge's prestige."
Margery leaned forward slightly, held the tea cup with two fingers, and smiled calmly:
"If it were suddenly revealed that Barty Crouch had escaped from Azkaban, how do you think everyone would view him as a minister?"
A minister who has only been in office for five years has made so many mistakes during his tenure. What do you think of him:
rnm, step down...!
"The most important thing is that Crouch's jailbreak happened in January, and now it's already March before it was revealed..." Margaery clicked her tongue:
“People may not necessarily care about Crouch’s escape from prison, but they definitely care about their right to know.
I can ask Rita Skeeter to write an article on the two issues of "Ministry of Magic concealing the truth" and "the public's right to know", make a big fuss, and use the situation and public opinion to pressure Fudge to step down. "
Even so, Fudge may hold on and even capture Crouch to restore his reputation.
Therefore, Margaery has other killer moves:
When public opinion was at its most unfavorable for Fudge, reports were deliberately written to praise him, mindlessly exaggerating his political achievements, and then bragging about his character to the point of being a flawless moral model.
Those who criticize Fudge are directly labeled as foreign forces, thus inducing neutral people to sincerely dislike Fudge and ruining his popularity among passers-by.
Then it’s even simpler, aren’t you a moral model?
Then expose all the dirty information about Fudge.
Margaery was recently looking at the information collected by Rita Skeeter and found a lot of evidence that Fudge took bribes.
In addition, let’s compile some other black material to criticize Fudge:
Dealing with power and sex with his subordinate Umbridge; using power for personal gain and benefiting the family a lot; eavesdropping on the conversations of competitors; having an affair with an intern at the Ministry of Magic...
With Rita Skeeter's unique brand of inflammatory words, Fudge could be ruined and infamous overnight.
This combination of punches was enough to dislodge Fudge from his position as minister.
Of course, Margaery didn't say this "fighting method" out loud. Shirley and Hermione were still young, and she didn't want to lead them into bad ways.
Listening to Margaery formulating Fudge's plan to step down in a few words, Hermione's eyes widened and she said with confusion:
"Rolph, doesn't Minister Fudge have a very good relationship with you and Professor Dumbledore? Why do you want him to step down?"
"Hermione, she just looks fine." Rolf patiently explained:
"The premise of this friendship is that Professor Dumbledore and I are very famous and can help Fudge secure his position as Minister of Magic without posing a threat to him."
"But next, Voldemort may be resurrected at any time." Rolf said softly:
"Once Voldemort is resurrected, Fudge and the Ministry of Magic will need to cooperate in propaganda and declare war on them.
But Fudge will not believe that Voldemort is resurrected. He will only think that this is a lie, a lie made up to take away his power, and then he will fall out with us. "
This was the case in the original time and space. Fudge spent almost a whole year slandering and confronting Dumbledore, causing him to lose his position as president of the International Federation of Wizards.
Fudge also sent Umbridge to cause trouble at Hogwarts and drive Dumbledore out of the school.
In this senseless internal strife, the entire magical world missed the best opportunity to fight against Voldemort and the Death Eaters.
If Fudge had been removed earlier and the Ministry of Magic's resources and effective forces had been integrated better and earlier, the Ministry of Magic would not have been occupied, and so many people might not have died in the Wizarding War.
Fudge is the number one criminal in the Second Wizarding War.
Therefore, it is inevitable and necessary for him to step down as soon as possible!
Seeing that Hermione still didn't believe it, Rolf smiled and said, "If you don't believe it, let's make a bet?"
"Let's bet that once Voldemort is resurrected, Fudge will not believe this and will break with Dumbledore."
When Hermione heard the word "bet", she felt PTSD all over. She shook her head like a rattle and only said one word, "Get out."
Then, as if to express her determination, she added:
"I'll beat you to death...I won't bet with you either!"
Shirley smiled and said: "Rolf, I'll bet with you."
"Okay." Luo Fu nodded and said, "Whoever loses will wash their clothes for a month."
The girl with the ponytail bit her lip when she heard this. Her pair of extremely agile autumn eyes were full of resentment and shyness.
In this bet, you will take advantage of whether you win or lose!
"No!" Shirley put her elbow on the handle of the chair, held her cheek, tilted her head, looked at the young man with a smile and said:
"I won... Let's swap roles. You will be my assistant for a month. You will do whatever I ask you to do."
"This bet is fair." Hermione expressed her support. If Shirley wins, she can still make some excessive demands on Rolf through her.
Margaret smiled as she watched the three of them arguing at the limit. After a moment, she moved her position, leaned against the window, and asked:
"It's not difficult to get Fudge to step down, but who will take his place? Have you thought about it?"
Rolf also pondered.
The new Minister of Magic must be one of our own!
If Dumbledore is willing to be the minister, it would be the best, but he can't take the position.
The next person who may take the position is Scrimgeour, the director of the Auror Office, but he has his own ideas and is obviously not one of our own.
Rolf needs to find one of his own who is as prestigious and capable as Scrimgeour to be the minister, and he really can't think of it for a while.
"Rolf, why don't you be the Minister of Magic." Margaret made the decision as soon as she opened her mouth.
Rolf rolled his eyes and said, "I'm only fourteen."
"I'm an adult, why don't I take over?" Margaret joked.
"The British will not let an American ride on their heads." Rolf said, "This is not the Muggle world."
"Then...what about our grandpa?"
Rolf still shook his head, "How could grandpa be interested in such things."
Margaret picked up the cup, poured herself another cup of tea, took a sip slowly, and said:
"Rolf, I'm not talking about Grandpa Newt."
Rolf was stunned, he squinted his eyes and looked at Margaret, after a while, hesitantly said:
"You don't mean our great-grandfather?"
"It's him." Margaret smiled:
"He used to be the director of the Auror Office and the director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. He trained a large number of outstanding wizards such as Mad-Eye Moody and Scrimgeour, and his students were spread across various important positions in the Ministry of Magic.
Or the war hero who fought against Gellert Grindelwald and Voldemort-Theseus Scamander, isn't he worthy of being the British Minister of Magic?"
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