Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

There are two major factions in the Ministry of Magic: the "conservatives" represented by Barty Crouch, and the "neoliberals" represented by Cornelius Fudge.

Due to the recent attack, the main figures from both factions were basically here now, gathering in the banquet hall of Hogwarts.

In order to take care of the emotions of these big shots, the house elves in the Hogwarts kitchen worked overtime, not only preparing more exquisite dinners and desserts for them, but also lighting beeswax candles that are usually used in sorting ceremonies.

This kind of candle is very bright and has little smoke. When lit, it will emit a light honey fragrance.

"Your Excellency, Minister, we must have a frank discussion. There are some problems with the decision you proposed." Barty Crouch went straight to the point.

Not long after he arrived at Hogwarts, in front of the current Minister Fudge, he instructed his former subordinate Scrimgeour, the director of the Auror Office, to send several Aurors to bring all the people who had nothing to do with this temporary closed-door meeting. ——The reporters invited by Secretary Umbridge were all packed up and sent to Hogsmeade Village, and then he personally supervised them to board the Knight Bus back to London.

It is precisely because of this that "neoliberal" people, including Fudge, don't look very good now.

This guy simply doesn't take me as a minister seriously! Fudge was roaring inwardly. If someone used Legilimency on him, they would find that the minister was repeating all the curses he knew in his mind.

"What's the problem? Do we have enough evidence?" As he spoke, Fudge threw the evidence in his mouth on the long table.

A nameplate that says "Made in France"; three pieces of identification issued by the French Ministry of Magic confirming that it is not forged.

"Crouch, what your Department of International Magical Cooperation has to do is use this evidence to confront those French guys! Make them compensate for their losses and nail them to the pillar of shame in history! Once again!"

Faced with Fudge's anger, Barty Crouch responded: "History is always the victory of ruthlessness over brainlessness."

These words confused some people, and those who understood did not dare to stand up and loudly criticize Barty Crouch's choice of words, because no one here wanted to be called "brainless".

"Your Excellency Minister, you may be from the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters, and you are very good at cleaning up Muggle memories, but you don't quite understand the way wizards communicate internationally."

Crouch chose to directly expose Fudge's background, the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters, one of the fringe departments of the Ministry of Magic.

Since the Ministry of Magic was founded in 1707, only two people, including Fudge, have climbed all the way from this fringe department to the position of Minister.

Fudge's senior was named Leonard Spencer Moon. When he joined the job, he was just an unknown person serving tea and water in the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters. Therefore, even after he became the Minister of Magic, some people still called him "Fudge" behind his back. "Tea boy".

However, it is worth mentioning that Minister Moon's greatest achievement during his tenure was to solve and quell a series of troubles caused by the "Dark Lord" Grindelwald who succeeded his predecessor.

It is said that as the Minister of Magic, he also maintained a good relationship with the Muggle Prime Minister Churchill at the time.

Moreover, there were rumors at the time that Moon became the Minister of Magic with the support of Dumbledore——

Just like Fudge now.

"Excuse me, do you know how the International Federation of Wizards operates?" Barty Crouch stood up from the table and straightened his royal blue tie.

He did not expect Fudge and his gang to answer this question, but gave his own explanation: "The International Federation of Wizards is a group of people with the organizational ability of Italians, the flexibility of Germans, the humility of Frenchmen, and the combination of A meeting of wizarding officials with Belgian imagination, Dutch generosity, and Irish intelligence.

Even the proposal to standardize weights and measures for potions has been discussed repeatedly in this meeting for more than thirty years! During the day today, I just attended the 249th meeting on the standardization of potions weights and measures!

Do you know what will happen to us if, as you say, we take this accusation to the International Confederation of Wizards and accuse the French Ministry of Magic?

The endless wrangling is just the most basic. The more critical question is, do we have that much budget to support this international lawsuit?

Once a dispute is opened, there must be a result. You know, a half-finished farce will not only weaken the authority of the British Ministry of Magic, but also cost a lot of money in the sunk costs invested before and in the aftermath!

The only people who can benefit are the goblins in Gringotts - they will be lenient when charging fees! "

Speaking of excitement, Barty Crouch clapped his hands on the long table and made a loud "pop" sound.

"Is this the result you want, Mr. Minister?"

Just like when playing wizard chess, the "queen" rushes all the way to the bottom, Barty Crouch directly ended the conversation with the "single queen kills the king" move.

"You...伱...you..." Fudge was choked and couldn't breathe. He pointed at his old rival and kept pointing.

Seeing this, Chief Secretary Umbridge hurriedly poured a glass of pumpkin juice for the Minister. She was really afraid that her supporter would suddenly be angry to death here.

"Director Crouch!"

While serving her boss a drink, the famous "Pink Lady" of the Ministry of Magic shouted at Barty Crouch with a sharp voice.

"You are the Director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation. It is your job to resolve issues related to disputes with the Ministry of Magic of other countries, and even issues that are suspected to be related! You denied it so simply and neatly, do you have any other solutions? Plan? Don’t tell me that you, a dignified director, can only deny, deny, and deny again! You can only say one sentence, what is the difference between you and a magic doll? "

It can only be said that people of Fudge's group also have political wisdom consistent with their background.

Unlike conservative representatives like Barty Crouch (who is also one of the Holy Twenty-Eight pure-blood families), because people in the family have held high positions in the Ministry of Magic for generations, they have no understanding of the various operating methods of the Ministry of Magic. They are all well understood, and it is easy to find some routines to deal with problems.

However, these "neoliberals" in the Ministry of Magic are very skilled in fighting. Many times, they are more open-minded, even if they use methods that may seem embarrassing to the established wizard families, they are willing to cause some trouble for their enemies.

Umbridge is a typical example. Like a shrew, she directly labeled Barty Crouch as someone who "can only deny others and has no ability to solve practical problems."

In a sense, this is actually quite powerful, and Barty Crouch was indeed very angry with her. And for the sake of face, he couldn't say anything more to a witch, because that would look very ungentlemanly.

He can only pretend to be calm and calm, and then propose a "practical" solution to save his respect.

"When dealing with similar problems, the British Ministry of Magic actually has a long history of follow-through, and we usually adopt a 'four-step' plan.