Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

"There are so many things that can be done... such as physical and psychological medical services, such as automobiles, airplanes, industrial product processing, and mining and military services..."

"Wait?" Someone interrupted him, "We can understand everything else, just like the Hogwarts flea market, some Muggle things are really useful... But you were talking about military affairs just now?"

Lockhart affirmed his doubts: "Yes, military cooperation. The Muggle world is not a monolith, and they may not even be able to handle domestic security issues well... Now there is a very good opportunity, if I If my position in the Ministry of Magic can be preserved, I intend to try again."

Everyone seemed a little hesitant when they heard the words. If it was just a sale, the scale should be controlled. Pure blood families are still the ones that make the most profits, but military cooperation...

"I think this needs to be discussed in the long term...is it urgent?" someone asked.

Damn, the sooner the better, because all the Muggle phones can send text messages. "Lockhart meant a lot.

p.so Happy New Year, I wish you all a happy and comfortable life.

2月只有28天，作者却依然要完成30天的工作量，要写15万字，每天就得更5千5_（：3Jz）_,反正作者是过不了年了

Chapter 240 Two Muggle Prime Minister

Lockhart doesn't know if the pure-blood family has a sense of urgency, but he has a strong sense of urgency now.

Although the dissemination of some movies was banned by the Ministry of Magic, the people present were all "ruling class", so Lockhart said a few truths.

For example, the upcoming information technology revolution in the Muggle world—from the Internet to mobile communications, and even to digitization, automation, and intelligence.As long as these are completed, the wizard's magic will no longer have the advantage it has today.

Because of his mixed blood status, the people present did not doubt his rhetoric, and all accepted his point of view—that is, if the wizarding world does not change, it will not work.

But their only requirement is "controllable", that is, no matter what Lockhart intends to do, the pure-blood family must know.

If this was before Lockhart, even if he agreed, he would secretly bury some hidden tricks or simply put his cleverness on the bright side.

But now he needs to let Fudge play the mouse, so he has to compromise

Only in this way can he make the pure-blood family feel that he is "easy to use" and refuse to change easily to avoid risks.On the one hand, he had to help Dumbledore complete the reforms he wanted, and on the other hand, he had to let the pure-blood family see the benefits. Only in this way could he prevent Fudge from stirring up his mind.

Although there are only a few hundred people in the Ministry of Magic, the ones with the most evil spirits are always small temples, and the ones with more bastards are often shallow ponds. With just a few hundred people, the internal doorway is probably no less than that of Whitehall. .

— After the reception, the delegates dispersed with a trace of drunkenness, and they

Before leaving, he also hinted that the policy and team left by Barty Crouch did not want to change.

With their words, Lockhart was relieved—with Fudge's indecisive temperament, he would never dare to go against the opinions of Dumbledore, pure blood and goblins at the same time.

Lockhart's self-rescue action is not without hard work, and God is finally not blind this time, and did not cause Lockhart any trouble.

No one in the Ministry of Magic was surprised when Barty Crouch Sr. was dismissed.

But when Fudge announced that "the rest of the staff will not be transferred, and Gilderoy Lockhart will temporarily act as the Director of the Department of International Cooperation", other Ministry of Magic employees were somewhat dumbfounded.

Even if it is promotion, there is no such speed of promotion?It's only been less than a year!

Although this is just an "acting" director, who doesn't know that after the Quidditch World Cup and the Big Five Tournament are over, Lockhart's position will become unshakable?

Fudge's reaction was surprising, and Lockhart's reply was even more surprising.

He immediately publicly stated that although some accidents happened to the Ministry of Magic a few days ago, the progress of the preparations already in progress will not be interrupted, and the excellent situation since Minister Fudge took office will definitely not change the trend because of one or two accidents.

Speaking of this, anyone with a little brain can't know that there must be some kind of tacit understanding between Fudge and Lockhart, otherwise they wouldn't be singing together like this

Those who were originally planning to make some small moves out of it, or simply take the opportunity to make waves, at this moment very consciously put their flags down and stopped mentioning this matter.

People who are in the political arena, you don't need to be ignorant of power tactics, but you must know the direction of the wind, otherwise you will definitely not be able to sit still.

As a result, Lockhart easily took over half of the affairs of the International Affairs Department.

Not only has the power not been reduced, but it has also expanded a lot.

The reason why it was only half was because he generously returned the part of the company that he had not set foot in to his original colleagues.

It's cool to take power that doesn't belong to you, but because he doesn't understand the relevant affairs, it's easy to make a fool of himself if he insists on taking over everything, so it's better to give them to the original people generously.

For example, the exchange of international magic languages, the standards of international trade items, and spell-casting equipment, etc., Lockhart is completely unfamiliar with this, and these powers are useless.

As long as these people are savvy enough, they will definitely come to cater to the new boss Lockhart, and with the help of old Barty Crouch, Lockhart's position will be as stable as Ben Nevis.

As the so-called three fires of a new official take office, Lockhart's first fire is the reception of tourists at Hogsmeade Resort.

Brother-in-law William has been interacting with people in the oil futures investment circle during this period of time, and has already met many highly respected people in the industry. If he came forward to invite someone, the other party had no reason to refuse.

Although the Sniff Drilling Company is a rising star in the oil market, it discovered a large oil field shortly after its establishment and was recognized by the Nigerian government. This is not something ordinary small companies can do.

Therefore, as a prominent figure in the company, William still has a lot of face.As soon as he said that he invited these people to "rehabilitate", these people readily agreed.

From their point of view, the Sniff Drilling Company definitely wanted to use them, so it came to win them over first, and this kind of benefit was not for nothing.

After confirming the itinerary of these people, Lockhart felt relieved and started his second big move.

He had asked Fudge for access to the portrait of the Muggle Prime Minister's office - which was not

It was an idle move, and Fudge obviously didn't realize how important this thing was.

In 1994, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom was named John Major.

I am afraid that many people have no impression of this Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Whether it was Mrs Thatcher before or Blair later, they were more famous than him when they were prime ministers.For outsiders, apart from knowing that the UK experienced the pound crash when he was in power, it is difficult to think of his other performances, so most people really can't remember his name.

However, Lockhart was not among these people.

Because he was one of his subordinates "before" and had read some biographies about him, Lockhart knew this person very well.

When this buddy graduated from school, he only passed three of the six graduation exams, and the other three were re-examinations through unknown means many years later. Therefore, cabinet secretaries usually do not consider it when they need to make rational decisions. his opinion.

And the prime minister's arithmetic level is also very commendable. When he was working as a bus conductor in his first job, he was fired by the bus company because he often miscalculated the change.

It is precisely because Major has such an excellent level of mathematics that he naturally entered the banking system.

After a brief exile, Major was finally accepted by the British Standard Chartered Bank and became a director there, and later became a member of the British Bankers Association.

Of course, academic level and governance ability are usually irrelevant. We should understand this. As the prime minister of a country, the more important quality is whether he can stay calm in times of crisis and stand up to inspire everyone keep fighting.

However, on "Black Wednesday", Major hid in the closet and cried bitterly because of a mental breakdown, which really made the Great Empire too worthy of its name, so since then, many British people have been very fond of it. He has an opinion.

But civil servants like this prime minister very much, because such a prime minister basically does not interfere with the "normal functioning" of the civil service system

In short, Lockhart felt that the Prime Minister must be a good (qi) (fu) person.

And the prime minister, who was being locked by Lockhart, was lying on his desk, frowning.

1994 was not a good year for Major, mostly personally

S

After experiencing the crisis of the British pound crash, although the UK did experience some turmoil, the lower exchange rate also increased the UK’s exports. Coupled with the increase in the UK’s international voice after the Gulf War, the UK’s economy has faintly improved. positive trend.

It's a pity that these did not bring any benefits to Major. His "return to people's livelihood" policy has achieved little results, and his "war on street thugs" has also been lost because of the rising unemployment rate. Several scandals erupted one after another among several members of the group, which made his popularity among the people reach a freezing point.

Although Major won the favor of the British royal family with German origin by virtue of his statement of "joining Europe", he could not tell Her Majesty the truth that "the reason why we are pro-Europe and joining Europe is to divide Europe". I am afraid that I will still be splinted in the future.

And just a few days ago, Major had received retaliation for his tough attitude towards the IRA-even though he had already been secretly negotiating with the Irish side.

The IRA staged a prison break and allowed six IRA prisoners to escape from what the British call a "prison within a prison".

What makes the British even more ashamed is that the six fugitives still passed to the prison

Guns were smuggled in the prison, and he escaped by threatening the guards with guns.

You know, in order to save money, the British did not equip the prison guards with guns, but each with a baton, so when they saw the guns in the hands of fugitives, they had to arrest them without a fight

Although the disgraced British made amends and dispatched a helicopter in time to search for the fugitives, only 4 people were caught in the end, and the other two escaped to unknown places.

As soon as this incident happened, the face of the British government could be said to have been completely humiliated, and Major, as the prime minister, could hardly absolve himself of the responsibility, even if he felt that he should not bear this responsibility.

But the opposition party didn't care that much. They would claim that it was because of Major's request to cut administrative expenses, so the prison guards lacked weapons, and the poor management of the prison was naturally his responsibility.

The last time Major asked for a vote of confidence in himself in the party, although it was passed in the end, the number of leading votes was only more than 20 votes, which was completely within the margin of error. It was already very dangerous. If something happened again this time, he I'm afraid I can't even sit still.

Just when Major was downcast, the portrait who had been dozing in his office suddenly opened his eyes.

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister, Gilderoy Lockhart, Director of the Department of International Affairs and Cooperation of the Ministry of Magic, asks to see you."

Major was taken aback—he thought his office was empty.Although he immediately realized that the portrait was speaking, he was not relieved by it.

Because according to past experience, every time he saw that man named "Fudge", nothing good happened. He basically told him that something went wrong in the wizarding world, which affected the rule of "Muggles", so he asked the prime minister to help Fudge Wipe your ass.

Conscience of heaven and earth, he has already had a lot of troubles, but why does he always

Help others solve problems?

For example, a year ago, the "Sirius Black jailbreak" incident gave Major a headache, but in the end he called the police and issued arrest warrants for the wizards

As a result, Fudge suddenly came to inform him again, saying that the wanted criminal had not actually committed a crime, and his wanted arrest had been cancelled.

If it weren't for his ignorance of Fudge's depth, I'm afraid that Major would have picked up the ink bottle on the desk on the spot and splashed the contents on Fudge's face.

How can there be such a playful person?

Now that the "International Cooperation Department" of the "Ministry of Magic" came to find him, needless to say, it must be some diplomatic bullshit.

"Could it be the tauren from Greece who proposed to enter England?" Major asked mockingly at the portrait.

The portrait paused for a moment, apparently not expecting the prime minister to ask him a question, and the question got to the point.

But when others asked, the portrait had to answer.

There are tauren, but there are dragons, sphinxes, and mermaids coming in, as well as veela and leprechauns, maybe there will be American thunderbirds in the future, and African poison horn beasts may also..."

John Major felt like he was going to faint.

Chapter 240 Three Extra Special Treatment

When Lockhart knocked on the door of the prime minister's office, John Major had already put on a straight face, and was fully prepared to fight the opponent.

"Come in!" he called to the door.

However, Major had just yelled out the words, but he realized something was wrong—those guys who called themselves wizards, they always came without asking, when did they learn to knock on the door?

A crack in the doorway and the young man who entered sideways undoubtedly further proved his conjecture: whether it was a meticulously trimmed haircut in the middle or a suit that was ironed extremely neatly, they all revealed an obvious truth to Major. The concept of this person should not be a wizard.

"Oh, may I ask which department you belong to? What's the matter?" Major asked subconsciously.

Lockhart raised his eyebrows: "Ministry of Magic, Department of International Affairs and Cooperation... I thought I had informed you, honorable Lord Major."

At this moment, John Major almost burst into tears.

You wizards are calling me right!

He still remembers that domineering fat guy named Fudge—he would show up in his office out of thin air at the slightest disagreement, and then slap a few words like "murderer", "dangerous creature", "giant" and so on. bad news, and then ask yourself to cooperate.

If a minister in his own government dared to talk to him like that, Major vowed to send him to Northern Ireland to clean the toilet the next day.

I really don't know who is the prime minister!

Ministry of Magic? ' repeated Major.

Lockhart became playful: Damn, Prime Minister!

Although he didn't know why this employee of the "Ministry of Magic" was acting like his cabinet secretaries, Major felt a moment of relief.

In all fairness, Major didn't like the style of those civil servants talking to him in a tone of voice, but this style of doing things was at least familiar to him, and the way wizards used to behave really made him feel a little unacceptable.

"Okay, Lockhart... What can you do, Chief?"

Major put down the document he had been pretending to be looking at, then pointed to the chair in front of the desk, motioning for Lockhart to sit down.

Although he didn't know what this inexplicable Ministry of Magic was until now, it didn't prevent him from doing things according to his habits.

Lockhart sat down unceremoniously: "Thank you... I'm here today, mainly to report four things to you... Oh, you don't have to be so worried, it's all good news."

"Great, I just want to hear the good news now, I've heard enough bad news," Major said self-deprecatingly.

Lockhart pretended not to hear Major's chatter, but started to talk about the business: "First thing, I think you may have heard... the Quidditch World Cup, which is a kind of ball in the wizarding world. Sports competitions - will be held in England soon, the Irish team has entered the finals, there may be tens of thousands of foreign wizards entering the country, and the venue is here..."

Lockhart took out a map and pointed out a location to Prime Minister Major—a wild mountain in England, which had no use other than camping.

While we have cast related spells against non-magical people, if something unusual happens that attracts the attention of ordinary people, I hope we can speak with one voice - namely a group of drunk hippies in the wild. Party, okay? "

Major stared at Dead Fisheye, but his eyes were not on the map.

"I remember... you said it was good news?" he demanded.

"Isn't it?" Lockhart pretended to be confused.

I don't see anything good about this news, other than the troubles left." Major complained, "It's a big event again, we try to cover it up, but we can't do anything to the people who cover it up. Explain why..."

"But the Irish team is very likely to win the championship!" Lockhart said exaggeratedly