0224 Self-aware of warmth and coldness
"Shet! A bunch of shit, shit!"
Fudge sat behind his desk, cursing in a whispered angry voice, his eyes fierce and fierce.
If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, it would have been hard to imagine that this face was the same person as the kind-eyed, smiling face in the newspaper.
Yesterday he shook Peter's hand and smiled like a kind elder as he welcomed back his nephew who had been missing on the battlefield.
Today he remembered Peter's affairs, and was as angry as an old dog that had fallen out of favor and looked at his new fellow who was coquettish in his master's arms.
Pedirou, Black, Crouch, Bock, Malfoy......
Many surnames were constantly spit out by Fudge along with the "fragrance", the first of which was Peter Pedillus, a recent hotspot in the British wizarding world, and his old rival Blake.
Then the big families that had survived the wizarding war were named one by one, and with each name being pronounced, Fudge's face became even more angry, as if he was about to lose his voice and start roaring loudly in the office.
Albus Dumbledore......
Fudge shouted out the name of the White Wizard, and then regained a trace of consciousness in his rage, even in the Wizard's office, even though it was well soundproofed and not necessarily heard by outsiders, he swallowed the foul words that he was about to blurt out.
He didn't dare.
As long as he mentioned the name, he could feel a pair of eyes as deep as a peaceful lake staring at him, no words, no extra expressions, just the simplest attention could drain all his guts, making Fudge think that he was back to the time when he was powerless and powerless.
Once before Fudge left the house, he would silently recite it in his heart.
[I am the Minister of Magic, the most powerful man in Britain, and everything here should work according to my will. 】
But the man's name alone could shatter all his vanity.
So Fudge has long recognized the reality, stripped off the gorgeous coat given by others, his essence has not changed, he is still the little clerk with mediocre strength and no one to support, and the chair under his buttocks, he can't sit steadily!
Therefore, he no longer focused entirely on power, and when the big families digested the gains of the wizarding wars and integrated the internal distribution of benefits, they could simply stretch out their hands to take away his title of Minister of Magic.
At that time, he will not be able to take away any of the power of the Minister of Magic, and all he can take away is the real money that has fallen into his pocket.
As the nominally most powerful man in England, he just wants to make some money, is it excessive? He doesn't want the stars in the sky!
The Black family has lasted for thousands of years, and there are countless wealth and treasures, and those dynamic properties have been divided among other families, and he is like letting Black transfer the Galleon in the treasury to him as the heir, and he will help Sirius get away with it, isn't it fair?
He didn't pay attention to the Black family's inheritance, but that dead eye just didn't let go, what's the use of leaving so many things? In the future, it will not be cheap for others, but it will be used in exchange for freedom.
With the last of the Black family's sons in law imprisoned in Azkaban, the families all wielded bloody knives.
Ironically, the most pressing people are the in-laws of the Black family in recent generations.
Fudge was just from an ordinary family, and he didn't have the strength to get a piece of the pie, so he visited Azkaban every three days, wanting to cash in on the power in his hands.
Who would have thought that he was obviously a wealthy son, and there was a lot of happiness waiting for him to enjoy outside, but this guy didn't get in, and rejected his "kindness" again and again, and even claimed that he deserved to be imprisoned in Azkaban.
Expiation?
Bah! It's just stingy!
Fudge knew that Blake's body couldn't survive for a few years, but he wanted to see when the other party accepted his conditions, but if it didn't work, it couldn't be reduced, and half of it could be accepted.
After Mr. Minister took office, he made a lot of money, but he still wanted more.
If you want more money, you need more time, and Fudge can afford to wait, and those who have their eyes on his seat can't afford to wait.
He had to take the means
, for example, to intensify the conflict between the Ministry of Magic, the British family and Dumbledore, the more chaotic the situation, the better.
Those families who live hard always like to hold their hands in times of chaos, and no one wants to cause a disturbance until the situation calms down.
Fudge has a mediocre talent for magic, but he has a keen sense of politics, and he managed to keep his position as minister with a wave of manipulation in the original trajectory.
It's a pity that Voldemort is also successful, and Voldemort is defeated.
If it weren't for the aftermath of the Wizarding Wars, he would never have had a chance of becoming Minister of Magic.
At that time, it was difficult for the major families under the balance of interests to distinguish between victory and defeat, so they had to choose a person with a "clean background" to temporarily act as ministers, and Fudge, who was incapable, not strong, and had no foundation, was a good choice.
After Dumbledore told him that Voldemort returned, did Fudge really not believe it?
No, he couldn't believe it.
Once Britain is threatened with war, the "incompetent" will no longer be the "best candidate" for the Minister of Magic, and there will be an urgent need for a strong leader to lead them against evil.
So Fudge can only stand up and try his best to prolong his political life and wait for the situation to change.
"The situation in England has changed, Albus. I think Fudge was probably the last person who wanted Peter to come back alive."
Aini tapped his fingers slightly, elusive was not unfathomable, and combined with the memories of his past and present lives, he felt that his guess was very different.
"After Fudge took office, he amassed personal wealth and cultivated cronies, and some small actions behind his back could not be hidden, and many families began to be dissatisfied with him.
It's just that the competition between all parties has not yet been decided, and there is no suitable replacement, so he is allowed to continue to jump. But when Peter returns......
Wise Ni didn't sell it, and happily said his speculation, and he didn't need to say it too carefully, just point out the trick Dumbledore will naturally know the meaning.
As a first-class Merlin Medal winner and an anti-black hero who has been reported throughout the story, Peter has the prestige to run for Minister of Magic.
And compared to Fudge, Peter's foundation is cleaner, he can be called a loner, and his personality is also notoriously cowardly and cowardly and easy to control.
The family forces didn't have a suitable replacement for Fudge before, but after Peter's return, there were.
So Fudge desperately wanted to send Peter to Hogwarts as soon as possible, a place beyond the reach of the family's power.
As long as Peter served at Hogwarts for a period of time and branded Dumbledore, his foundation would no longer be clean, and the various families would cross him out of the ministerial candidacy.
After Ani got up, Dumbledore quickly clarified the twists and turns inside, and couldn't help but sigh secretly.
Power corrupts people, but it also trains people.
Three years ago, Fudge was straightforward and generous, a mediocre ordinary wizard.
But after sitting on the Minister's chair, Fudge's vision, strategy, and methods are not the same as before.
The heart, however, is rotten.
Among them, the gains and losses, such as people drinking water, know their own warmth and coldness.