Chapter Sixty-Eight: Fudge's Clever Plan to Calm the World (I)
Fudge feels good about himself, but he's not a fool either. Dumbledore has been Headmaster of Hogwarts since 1956, and before that he had been a Transfiguration teacher and Head of Gryffindor for many years. After so many years of education, Dumbledore's protégés can be said to be all over Britain and even Europe. The title of President of the International Confederation of Wizards and Chief Wizard of the Wizengamot also made Dumbledore famous all over the world, and some humanoid races that could not fit into wizarding society did not necessarily buy the Ministry of Magic's account, but most of them would give Dumbledore a face-centaur was such an example.
Fudge didn't expect to surpass Dumbledore's influence anytime soon, but he thought that if he didn't make a fatal mistake, he could become the most prestigious Minister of Magic in the history of the British Ministry of Magic, after all, the Minister of Magic has no term limit, does he?
And to achieve this goal, Luo Chengcheng is a good choice.
Cornelius Fudge was a conservative pure-blood, but he wasn't a pure-blood maniac either. Now there are fewer and fewer wizards who insist on pure-blood, and half-blood wizards are the mainstream. Moreover, Fudge was not born into those prestigious pure-blood families, and engaging in pure-blood theory is tantamount to working hard to make wedding clothes for others in addition to turning back the clock on history and causing public anger.
So Fudge was willing to do some good with Lucius, but he would also acquiesce to some people to keep an eye on them, such as Arthur Weasley, who had led many searches of Lucius's manor.
Luo Cheng was Muggle-born, and he wasn't the kind of magical genius that Cornelius Fudge hated. Luo Cheng's poor O.W.Ls test results made Fudge very satisfied, who would use such a person except himself?
Dumbledore? He was born as a teacher, and teachers have always liked only honor students.
Cornelius Fudge concluded that Luo Cheng and Dumbledore couldn't pee in the same pot at all. Although Luo Cheng's qualifications are very poor, his background is terrible. But he was very good at writing articles and submissions, and he wrote weekly work reports – much to Fudge's satisfaction.
As the Minister of Magic, although he seems to be in a high position, due to the constraints of various forces and the short time in power, Fudge is currently unable to call himself his right-hand man.
Fudge's promotion of Luo Cheng to be the head of the centaur liaison office is just a smooth sailing - Ludo Bagman has already done a little bit about it, and Fudge is also happy to do a business and sell two favors, but the opening of ideological and moral education classes is indeed the inspiration provided by Luo Cheng's sycophantic article, and Fudge also discussed with Dumbledore on a whim to open a temporary course at Hogwarts to test the water, and Dumbledore naturally gave him a face as a minister.
It's just that Fudge didn't expect Luo Cheng to really be able to open up the situation at Hogwarts: the Centaur Liaison Office, which had been idle for many years, really got in touch with the Centaurs, and Luo Cheng also took the centaur named Ferenze to the ministry to show up, which gave Fudge a big face. The story also made headlines in the Daily Prophet.
The teaching results of the ideological and moral education class are also quite good, and the subordinates have responded that the newly recruited Hogwarts graduates who have interned are obviously much more knowledgeable about the rules than the previous ones, and they can also come to work, and they respect their superiors very much.
How could Fudge not reward such a capable subordinate?
It's just that Luo Cheng has just entered the Ministry of Magic not long after all, and he is still young, and if he is promoted rashly, some people will gossip. So Fudge added three more establishment positions to Luo Cheng's Centaur Liaison Office with a wave of his hand (the power of recruitment was naturally delegated to Luo Cheng), and demanded that the ideological and moral education course be changed from a temporary additional course to a compulsory course for all grades.
In this way, Luo Chengcheng is a full-fledged Hogwarts professor, and his status is only below the four deans.