Nikolai shows you what a real government should do, which is not an easy task. Neither the Ministry of Magic nor the former Wizards' Council has ever done what the government is supposed to do. The name Ministry of Magic, originally referring to the administrative body of the magical institutions in each region under the International Confederation of Wizards, aptly indicates that it is only an integral part of a real government.

Among other things, how to get wizards to accept that they need to pay taxes is a problem. For thousands of years, wizards have never had the concept of a personal tax. Wizards in any region of the world who were attached to Muggle countries were always exempt from taxes.

Ordinary wizards don't understand, and it's hard for the top families here to accept it.

But the new government must collect taxes, which is non-negotiable. The new government is much larger than the Ministry of Magic, and will naturally need more employees. You can no longer rely on the ancient commercial tax plus the income from trade to sustain the magical institution.

“…… Strong law enforcement is needed, and we cannot rely on the Aurors' sense of honor and dedication as we did before. The scarcity of Aurors is not only due to the high demand, but also to this high-risk profession with a 'meager salary'. Nikolai accentuated the last few words, "Many people, even if they can afford to join, choose a more well-paid profession for practical reasons." ”

"It sounds like there will be a brave man under the reward. Immediately, someone objected, standing up and saying, "Are we looking for mercenaries?"

"Why unite Muggles?" asked someone without looking up, looking down at the papers.

"Why should we disagree with Muggles, I have no objection to the use of the term 'Solianm Alliance' for the time being. But why wait? What are you waiting for? It's either the Solianm Federation Empire, or it's the Solianm Alliance, and what's going on?"

"This is a question of legal system. Nikolai explained, with a dry mouth.

Each explanation triggers a new war. At dawn, it was agreed to adjourn the meeting for the time being.

Phoenix returned to the break room, where a middle-aged man had been waiting for a long time. He looks like a standard middle-aged man, with a slight top, a belly, and meticulous care for himself, much like a professional manager in a large company.

"Mr. M, is this done?" he motioned for him to take a seat.

Mr. M is his name, M. Peverell. It is said that when they broke up at a young age, they were cursed by their girlfriend and couldn't pronounce his name, and they don't know what the consequences would be if they pronounce his name, and Phoenix has no intention of exploring the past of this unlucky guy.

"The abdication edict he signed. M wanted to hand the document to Watson and he would hand it over, but he had already been told not to approach the patriarch without permission. Phoenix grabbed it halfway through, and was so frightened that he hurriedly took a few steps back.

Politics pays attention to a legal system, it doesn't mean that I can establish a country if I am good at war, you are good at war, it is just a powerful mercenary group - although Muggles in modern times are no longer particular.

Peverell wanted to inherit the legal system of the former Roman Empire.

Emperor was originally a military title, derived from the Latin Imperator. It's still a little different from the meaning of Emperor in modern times. During the Roman Republic, first of all, it was not for life. The meaning is the conqueror, you lead the army to victory, you are the emperor. If you lose, you confiscate it.

It was a time of frequent wars, especially the battles to exterminate goblins and illegal banks. The three-member council, made up of the descendants of the three brothers, felt that it was too cumbersome to meet and decide everything. It was decided to create a military position, 'the patriarch does not participate in internal competition, and the family will be in charge of foreign wars'. After the group stage, knockout round, finals, and overtime, the first patriarch was awarded the title of lifelong emperor by the Senate.

Later, Octavian ceded the imperial province of Switzerland and bought the title Emperor as a condition.

After the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, Europe fell into chaos for a while, because no one could legally inherit the legal system of the former Western Roman Empire. In the end, both the Franks and Christians believed that in the absence of a legal system of the Western Roman Empire, the "ecclesiastical system" was the only way to resolve the legitimacy of the rule. That is, Christianity, which is the state religion of Rome, says that whoever is the heir of the Roman Empire is the heir.

But this resolution is unacceptable today.

Because Peverell and many of the family's Squibs have been popes. Accepting the canonization of the Pope is equivalent to accepting the canonization of a Squib, and Phoenix himself doesn't care, but others don't see it that way.

After a heated debate, everyone reluctantly agreed that Phoenix would accept an imperial succession with a legal system appointed by the Church, and that the Emperor would abdicate the throne in favor of Phoenix. During the ceremony, Phoenix was on an equal footing with the Emperor and did not need to bow down.

Then the question arises, now there is no empire in Europe. In the previous empires, the German Empire had no legal system, and it belonged to me, and I called it emperor. The French Empire is barely counted, but it is long gone, and the most legitimate Austro-Hungarian Empire is almost 100 years old.

Finally, Mr. M proposed a plan that everyone could accept.

Let the Grand Duke of Liechtenstein abdicate.

Liechtenstein was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire under Charles VI, when the International Secrecy Act was in force, but the law did not say that intermarriage was prohibited.

Something happened to make Charles VI depressed, and his only legitimate son was a wizard. In other words, the prince could not inherit the Holy Roman Empire, and after several fruitless negotiations, the emperor could only give his son a duchy and make a declaration that after the prince's death, only the son of a non-wizard could inherit the archduke. This is why Liechtenstein is named Fürstentum, which is different from that of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Fürst means prince in German.

In other words, this small country of only 160 square kilometers was the legal successor of the Roman Empire in Europe.

The rest was easy, and in order to save time, Peverell didn't look through the family tree to see if he was related to the current Grand Duke. directly ordered the Grand Duke to divorce and marry Phoenix's 162-year-old aunt, the daughter of Phoenix's great-grandfather, and then the Grand Duke abdicated Liechtenstein to Phoenix, so that Phoenix inherited the legal system of the Roman Empire in any way.

The piggyback also revoked the inheritance rights of the aunt's family to the patriarch, and the direct marriage with the Muggles meant giving up all his inheritance rights, and the aunt had no inheritance rights, and her descendants would naturally be gone.

"Good job," Phoenix continued, motioning for M to sit down, "The government hasn't settled down yet, but they're happy to accept it." There is no irreconcilable contradiction of interests, and everything is easy to discuss. In this case, the selection of the heads of departments will have to be put on the agenda. ”

After sitting down suspiciously, as soon as he heard this, he understood that Phoenix wanted him to be the head of a certain department, and he did not look excited, but became more and more solemn.

He knew that the ministers of those important departments must also be chosen by these families, and the War Department and the Ministry of Finance were circled by Peverell.

Where are the redundant departments?