Chapter 259: The Minister Is Not So Easy to Be!
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Dumbledore visited the real voices of the wizarding world for a day.
No one would think that the Minister of Magic was elected entirely by public opinion, by everyone's vote, right? That's a child's idea.
Dumbledore wasn't so naïve.
He knew that ordinary wizards only saw superficial votes.
Let's not talk about whether each wizard can objectively understand the wizard he elected, and whether the elected minister is the minister that the elector needs.
Let's start with the cattiness of the ballot.
The real election has always been in the hands of the powerful wizards.
They manipulate public opinion, or they hold the handle of ordinary wizards, or they have debts on civilian wizards.
In this way, the characters who are really selected are still the results they want.
Even, in worse cases, the number of votes will be tampered with.
Of course, the above statement may be an exaggeration.
However, those high-ranking wizards did have a significant influence on the election of the Minister of Magic.
They have more resources in their hands and are naturally reluctant to lose these benefits.
It's like Hogwarts has twelve boards, and the board is the real ruler of Hogwarts, and they hired Professor Dumbledore to be the headmaster of Hogwarts. It's not that Dumbledore is working for them, Dumbledore isn't that cheap. Dumbledore's opinions and suggestions must be considered by the twelve directors as a matter of great importance. They wanted to crush Dumbledore, and Dumbledore would not budge unless the twelve men joined forces to have a deterrent effect.
And the Ministry of Magic is pretty much the same, the big men who eat cheese, not only in important positions, but they don't allow people they can't control to sit on their heads.
Therefore, the elected minister cannot be said to be their puppet, after all, no one is qualified to manipulate the number one leader in the magical world, but if it is said that they are a cooperative relationship, it is still very appropriate.
Once you become the Minister of Magic, it means joining their circle and becoming one of them.
It has become a raccoon dog.
So the way of thinking naturally stood on the camp he belonged to - the camp of the powerful. The interests of ordinary wizards are to be put on the back burner.
But it's not that there are no ministers who want to speak for ordinary wizards, there are, in the entire history of magic, there are only one or two.
But none of them turned out well, or suddenly and inexplicably appeared overwhelming black material, dozens of wizarding newspapers attacked one after another, and the people's satisfaction dropped sharply, and they stepped down in embarrassment. Or be killed by a dark wizard who came out of nowhere.
And Dumbledore knew what was going on.
Repulsion, contempt, disdain, pretension?
Dumbledore wouldn't have such a naïve idea, he wasn't a White Lotus.
He had seen so much darkness that he almost went in the same direction as Voldemort that summer, and if that had happened, there would have been nothing wrong with Voldemort. But he also stood on the light for a long time, and it was also from that year that he devoted himself to drawing a line between light and darkness.
If he wants to change, he has to fit in.
No wonder Harry thought that Dumbledore should have become a minister, otherwise it would be a pity for his political talent.
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Dumbledore stepped out of the fireplace flames, his brow furrowed.
It's not that today's trip didn't work, but it worked well. All the wizards who were visited by Dumbledore were the first to be shocked by Dumbledore's intentions.
Merlin, the sun is coming out of the crab's butt!
Then, most of them expressed their support for Dumbledore.
This depends on Dumbledore's eloquence, Dumbledore is a smart man, and he is very far away, he can see what others see, and he can see what others can't.
He always promises the most important benefits to others, and then plucks out of their mouths the concessions he wants in some way.
Even, the benefits promised by Dumbledore were not as good as those of Fudge Connelly, but the other party still chose Dumbledore's camp with a smile on his face.
Why?
Because that's the cleverness of smart people, and it's fun to work with smart people. Especially if Dumbledore was smarter than all of them. Old man Deng sold them, and they also smiled and helped old man Deng count the money.
What was it that made Dumbledore's eyebrows lock?
It was disgust, Dumbledore's disgust for himself.
He hated himself for the pleasure he felt when he discussed the dirty exchange of interests with the wizards.
Dumbledore wanted that thing now...... He looked around the room before he remembered that it had been given to Harry.
But he knew where it was.
So he apparitioned and vanished.
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Potions Office.
A figure suddenly appeared.
He lifted a crimson cloth, revealing a huge mirror.
Mirror of Eris.
Dumbledore looked in the mirror, and there was an image that only he could see: a weak girl, a woman, and a strong man.
They were looking at him with smiles and warm eyes.
Dumbledore breathed a sigh of relief, and the gloomy aura on his body suddenly vanished.
"It's weird. A slippery, gloomy voice suddenly sounded.
The owner of this room is back.
Snape sneered, "It turns out that the dignified Dumbledore also had times when he was upset. ”
Dumbledore turned around and smiled, "You should know that this mirror is mine." ”
Snape smiled, "I just remember someone gave it to me, and it was mine." ”
Dumbledore said something he didn't even believe, "I just want to see again what a world full of strawberry pudding is like." ”
Snappi didn't smile: "Hehe......"
When Dumbledore was gone, Snape stood in front of the mirror and thought: what did the old fox see? Could it be his first girlfriend?
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3 January 1994.
There are two days left until the start of the spring semester at Hogwarts.
Today is also the day of the trial of the 'Sirius Door of Injustice', the big case of the century.
The location was in the tenth courtroom where Harry had been.
Harry and Dumbledore took the elevator and descended to the ninth floor.
Harry frowned slightly, "Why does the Ministry of Magic have to be so depressing and gloomy?" You can learn how Muggles do it...... Their town hall kind of building, open point ......"
The ninth floor has arrived.
This is the Department of Mysteries.
The elevator is here to the end, and you can only take the stairs below.
The courtroom is on the tenth floor, the last floor of the Ministry of Magic.
There is only a narrow, long, dark corridor on the ninth floor, facing the elevator entrance.
This scene is different from all the floors above.
The other floors are very large, with many buildings and a constant stream of wizards.
There was nothing on this floor, the walls were empty, there were no pictures of wizards hanging, and there were no windows.
Only at the end of the corridor stood a simple black door.
Harry wanted to say more about the Ministry of Magic, but when he saw the door, a strange feeling suddenly rose in his heart.
There seemed to be an imperceptible attraction to Harry, as if there was a very soft, soft voice that only Harry could hear was saying his name.
Dumbledore didn't notice Harry's strange appearance, and saw Harry staring at the Black Gate, thinking he was curious about what was inside.
Dumbledore said, "Department of Mysteries, this is the only place I'm interested in. But now you don't have time to watch, we have to go to the court first. ”
To the left of the elevator, there is a staircase entrance that leads to the bottom.
Dumbledore went down first.
Harry couldn't help but turn his head as he stepped up the steps to look at the black door at the end of the hallway.
He trusts his feelings.
There must be something in that door that has something to do with him.
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