Chapter 705 New Candidate for Minister of Magic
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 greatly 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 writing, Fudge was 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 conflict, 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 can be called 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?"
"Just 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.
You take advantage of this bet, 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 win... We will swap identities. You will be my assistant for a month. You will do whatever I want you to do."
"It's a fair bet." Hermione expressed her support. If Shirley won, she could make some excessive demands on Rove through her.
Margery smiled as she watched the three people pulling at the extreme limit. After a moment, she moved her position, leaned against the window, and asked:
"It is not difficult to step down Fudge, but who will take his place? Have you decided?"
Luofu also pondered.
The new Minister of Magic must be one of our own!
It would be great if Dumbledore wanted to be Minister, but it would be impossible for him to do so.
The next person who may be in charge is Scrimgeour, the director of the Auror Office, but he has his own ideas and is obviously not one of his own.
Rolf needs to find someone to be his minister whose reputation and ability are not inferior to Scrimgeour's, but he really can't think of it for a while.
"Rolf, how about you become the Minister of Magic?" Margaery decided as soon as she opened her mouth.
Luofu rolled his eyes and said, "I'm only fourteen years old."
"I'm an adult, how about I take over?" Margery joked.
"The British are not going to let an American ride on their head," Rove said. "This is not the Muggle world."
"Then...how about our grandpa?"
Luofu still shook his head, "How could grandpa be interested in such a thing."
Margery picked up the cup, poured herself another cup of tea, took a slow sip, and said:
"Rolf, I didn't mean Grandpa Newt."
Luo Fe was stunned. He narrowed his eyes and looked at Margaery. After a while, he hesitated and said:
"You're not talking about our great grandfather, are you?"
"It's him." Margaery smiled:
“I once served as the Director of the Auror Office and the Director of Magical Law Enforcement, and trained a large number of outstanding wizards such as Mad-Eye Moody and Scrimgeour. His students are in various important positions in the Ministry of Magic.
Or is Theseus Scamander, the war hero who resisted Gellert Grindelwald and Voldemort, not worthy of being the British Minister of Magic? "
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