Three-three-seven: If you can't beat it, join in
"Tournament increased limits?"
In Professor McGonagall's office, Alan frowned.
Those restrictions can even be regarded as a game - Triwizard Tournament is not more than strength than luck? What an international joke!
However, before he could react to this, Professor McGonagall, who was sitting across from him, had already spoken to herself.
"While these things are not appropriate for students, as a sixth-year prefect, I feel you have a right to know the truth of the matter and consider whether we should accept the advice of the German Ministry of Magic. ”
Professor McGonagall spoke quickly, for what she was about to say was nothing to be happy about, and the intricacies of the exchange of interests were too far away from the students in Professor McGonagall's mind—and yet the reality forced her to involve them.
"It's hard to hold on to the school, and the Ministry of Magic is constantly interfering in all aspects of the school. By now, the school had problems with even its normal food supply, and about half of the pre-ordered fruits and vegetables would be spoiled after being inspected by the Ministry of Magic, not to mention the rest - as for the letters passed by the owls, the exchange of information about the entry and exit of school personnel was almost completely locked. The funniest thing is that their excuse came from our report - since the Dark Lord is likely to return, the Ministry of Magic must put the safety of the students first. ”
As he spoke, the professor pushed over several documents bearing the seal of the Ministry of Magic and the minister's signature, apparently issued to her as the vice-principal by the school.
Alan took it and glanced at it a few times.
The Ministry of Magic can't lie on the bed, no books are allowed on the desk, and no garbage can can be placed - it is estimated that the whole school has been choked by the whole school in the past few days.
"I guess Mr. Filch is quite happy now, he is the most loyal person to the Hogwarts system in the whole school, and the more rules he has, the happier he is. Alan complained about Mr. Filch as he restacked the notice and put it on the table, looking calm: "Then Professor, if we agree to those changes, how can the German Ministry of Magic help us?"
"Not only the Germans, but all participating schools will lodge a formal written protest against the Ministry's violations, and under their pressure the Ministry's intervention will be undone. ”
The professor had a look of helplessness on her face - she obviously didn't want to, but for the current situation, it was the best solution for Hogwarts to get out of the crisis.
If the situation continues to be serious, the case of Phineas Nigelus will even continue to repeat itself - the great-grandfather of Sirius, a pure-blood supporter, and the most unpopular Headmaster of Hogwarts, who was opposed by the whole school before taking office, but still managed to take office.
And this time, if the Ministry of Magic continues to make trouble like this, it will not be too difficult to let Hogwarts change the headmaster one day, as an old professor who knows Dumbledore and Grindelwald, she knows very well that if the Ministry of Magic comes hard, Dumbledore's affairs will definitely not be suppressed.
"Everyone, protest together?" Alan pouted, what is this, the magic schools of the world have joined together as a family?
This group of people was afraid that their own Ministry of Magic would give them a blood exchange after Hogwarts succumbed, but they were unwilling not to take the opportunity of Hogwarts' bad luck to fall into the ground, so they simply made this game a game of luck, so that they who were originally pressed and had no chance of winning became a small game for everyone to compete and see whose face was white?
Politics is the art of compromise, understandably - you have to help anyway, but if you want us to make a move, you have to bleed, at least hand over the trophy that is almost in your hands, anyway, we dare to drag it on until we can't drag it out, do you dare?
There is no way, the first appearance of the Triwizard Tournament after centuries is no longer just a matter of honor, the political gold content above is now also high and scary, and the competition, as soon as it is tied to politics, all kinds of disgusting things will pop up.
"Is it really enough to protest together? What if the Ministry of Magic still doesn't compromise? What if they send Dementors to guard the school by force? What if they intensify their investigation of the house-elves at Hogwarts? What if they investigate the school's funding and temporarily stop the school's liquidity? What if they investigate the school board?"
It's all possible - don't look at Malfoy's pride in his father's position as a school director, but Lucius Malfoy didn't have any cards when he communicated with the Minister of Magic, and the pure-blood families in the wizarding world had not suppressed the Ministry of Magic as much as in previous years, and if the Ministry of Magic had to keep Hogwarts firmly in the palm of their hands, those investigations would have been easy.
In the same way that Umbridge sent the Dementors to hunt down Harry and then take him to court, the Ministry's chaotic system made it impossible for anyone to stop it when it wanted to make trouble.
"Now it's not a question of whether we want the championship or not, but what effect does it have on the Ministry of Magic whether we win the championship or not? If the Ministry of Magic insists on going its own way, who can stop it?" Alan rubbed his temples and felt his head ache.
Thinking about it from another perspective, if he is the Minister of Magic, there are not too many ways to get a school that can't even be self-sufficient, so when he looks at it from the perspective of the school, he can only feel that the future is dark - I don't want to know that the Ministry of Magic has too many privileges, and if it is not illegal, there is no way to resist the Ministry of Magic.
"What about the principal? Professor, didn't the principal tell us what to do?"
After racking his brains but not having any good solutions, Alan subconsciously asked the professor - Dumbledore is a very trustworthy headmaster, and in this case, this headmaster may be unusually reliable.
"No notification has been received from Dumbledore so far. ”
Professor McGonagall is even more entangled than Alan - Alan is a year away from graduating, she is most likely the next headmaster, and she has nowhere to hide, and she has just made up her mind to rely on concessions to fight for the interests of the school, but after Allen's questioning, she has to face the previous question that she has been avoiding, what if the Ministry of Magic does not give an inch.
This is not good, that is not good, as long as the Ministry of Magic exists, everything cannot be separated from the existence of the Ministry of Magic, the master of the magic world.
Isn't it the bane that Dumbledore had to give way to Fudge as Minister of Magic in the first place? Isn't it the bane that Dumbledore had to stop Grindelwald from changing the system of the wizarding world at that time? Obviously it's Dumbledore's pot! If he hadn't been the Minister of Magic, he would have solved all the problems?
Yes, what if Dumbledore was made minister?
As soon as this thought came to mind, I immediately couldn't get out.
Alan began to quickly think about the possibility of making Dumbledore a minister - in terms of prestige, Dumbledore was definitely enough, even if some of his previous exploits were forgotten, but now he could rely on Hogwarts to win the Triwizard Tournament to remind the voters.
Financially, although it could not support the school economy, Dumbledore's fortune was more than enough to support a campaign.
There is support and money, and this minister is already half stable.
The remaining question is how to get Fudge to step down legally - well, it is not a big problem to conduct a few investigations according to Dumbledore's network, and Fudge has definitely done these two things for personal gain and receiving political donations, and it is not too much of a problem to investigate and initiate impeachment.
As for the impeachment inquiry—I'm sorry, but Dumbledore is at the head of the Wizengamot jury of the Supreme Court, so it's even less of a problem.
All that remains is how to persuade Dumbledore to become Minister of Magic, which is the most difficult problem - if he is sworn in as a temporary minister in wartime before taking office, and if he is allowed to go into the wilderness to limit his power after Voldemort is defeated, there may be a possibility of persuasion, and with Professor McGonagall's persuasion, there may be a great possibility of persuading Dumbledore to give up his preconceptions about power.
Thinking of this, Alan raised his head and looked at the professor.
"Professor, you say, is it possible for the headmaster to run for Minister of Magic?"