Archdruid of Hogwarts

The McMillan family compensation case was initiated four years ago and was finally implemented three years ago.

As far as Dumbledore knew, Macmillan had been working hard to clear himself of being a Voldemort accomplice since the British Wizarding War ended in an unusually abrupt manner in 1981.

Judging from the subsequent development of events and various signs, Macmillan is not Malfoy's coquettish bitch who wants to clear his name by saying "I've been under the Imperius Curse" with a shy face. But really being wronged.

This made Dumbledore slightly regretful.

The regret is that I did not intervene at the best time to provide help in times of need.

Otherwise, it would not be as simple as the relationship between two people now. But it can make Macmillan the most powerful sponsor of the Order of the Phoenix.

You know, in order to raise funds for the Order of the Phoenix, he has done a lot of dishonorable things like Wizard Duo.

As the president and principal, he knows that firewood and rice are expensive, but the earning ability of other members of the Order of the Phoenix is ​​worse than the last. Among the members of the Order of the Phoenix, if he chooses the bigger one, his white wizard sign has become the most valuable money-making tool. He really can't smash it. .

Otherwise, at such an old age, why would he still be burdened with fame like a saint?

The conversation returned to McMillan.

Voldemort fell, and his followers were like snakes and rabbits, each with their own agenda.

Under such a general trend, it is not surprising that McMillan was misunderstood.

After all, at that time, the entire British wizarding world was full of resentment. From a certain perspective, pure blood became the original sin.

This is the same reason for human nature as those landowners who were usually benevolent, built bridges and paved roads and did good deeds were still punished.

‘You exploited me. The key is that you live a better life than me, so you are guilty and deserve to die. ’

There is no shortage of this kind of thing in the world. There is no intact egg under the nest. To a large extent, it refers to this kind of tragedy that is innocent or only makes small mistakes, but cannot be good in the general trend.

That's a good saying. If it's enough to just be reasonable, then why do you need a sword?

So Dumbledore didn't pay too much attention to MacMillan. After all, there were real people like Longbottom to deal with. It was really not easy to get some pension benefits for these anti-black heroes.

Of course, he also knew that it would be even more difficult for McMillan.

But in order to overturn the verdict, it is difficult for outsiders to tell clearly how much suffering they went through and what price they paid.

One thing is certain, that is, in the sixth year, when they had the conclusive evidence that could clear their sins, they were attacked and continuously hunted by dark wizards.

During the subsequent trial, this naturally gave rise to the idea that there was a conspiracy.

However, a group of people led by Lucius Malfoy did not take into account the blood ties of pure-blood families at this time (basically they all have a history of intermarriage, and the difference is only distant relatives and close relatives).

Lucius even said in court: "Perhaps this is a deliberate act to gain sympathy."

It was the actions of Lucius and others that added insult to injury that made him realize that McMillan might not really be on the same team as them.

Out of the simple concept of "we should protect those who are brutally persecuted by the enemy", he stood up and responded: "One died in prison, two died in an ambush and pursuit, and the only remaining male in the family is a seven-year-old child. If this is a play, then I’m really willing to spend a lot of money on it.”

Is this speaking out for justice? Yes and no.

There is a utilitarian mentality here.

Finally, the MacMillan family opened up:

They actually captured the leader of the pursuers alive. And it was hidden in a cage with a traceless extension spell. Take it out at the critical moment and use truth serum for interrogation.

Lucius was so forced that he almost killed someone in court.

In the end, the McMillan family was exonerated. But it's not a complete reversal of the verdict.

The British Ministry of Magic is like a heavily rusted cast iron sewer pipe, filled with dirt and decay that can no longer stand up to knocking and cleaning.

In this context, fairness and integrity and maintaining institutional authority have become two concepts.

Sacrificing the former for the sake of the latter is an unspoken rule that needs to be made clear.

In short, due to its wide-ranging implications, this case was finally suppressed and resolved by the British Ministry of Magic, instead of going to the Wizengamot for a public trial.

To put it another way, in the face of such a serious issue as offending almost the entire British wizarding world, MacMillan made certain compromises.

The case itself involves many details.

For example, how should we deal with the slanderous behavior of Lucius and others?

For another example, there are serious differences between the inspection of McMillan's property and what McMillan reported. How to reconcile it?

The phenomenon of disappearance during inspection is already a long-standing shortcoming of the Ministry of Magic, just like the police in Hong Kong during the Lei Luo period.

But for someone like the McMillan family, more than half of the family is missing. The loopholes are so big that they are unreasonable and cannot be lied about. This has seriously crossed the line.

In someone's words: "This is a scene that can only be seen through a partnership." It is self-evident as to who is capable of a partnership in this matter.

What’s even more funny is that even the inspected assets registered in the database have disappeared.

This kind of disappearance is the same as the absence of reason. It is a statement without explanation and an explanation that cannot be explained. Absurd, ironic, yet true.

The system is rotten to a certain extent, and that's it, it doesn't even bother to use a fig leaf.

Of course, this is also related to the current situation, just like the dead bank accounts that were born during World War II. When the people are gone, the money is gone.

As for whether it is active or passive, you can guess!

There was also a young and reckless juror who tore the Ministry of Magic's face apart in public:

"In the case of the Macmillan family being wronged, the Ministry of Magic showed incompetence and incompetence, which is outrageous. This makes people wonder whether the professional skills are so poor because the property has disappeared and cannot be explained once the case is overturned. ?”

Naturally, the Ministry of Magic was very talkative, and responded on the spot: "Juror, you have so many associations. It's a pity that the law does not rely on association to convict, but on facts."

The juror responded again: "The fact is that a large amount of property disappeared inexplicably. Not only was there no explanation, but there was not even a basic attitude of admitting mistakes.

With such a performance, what qualifications do you have to govern the British wizarding world?

Coupled with the poor performance of Ministry officials during the Wizarding War, I imagine the Wizengamot would agree to a joint initiative to have the Ministry of Magic step down en masse. "...

The officials of the Ministry of Magic could not calm down now. This is not only a matter of losing power, but also means losing the layer of skin that protects them. Without the protection of privileges, which one of them can withstand investigation?

As far as Dumbledore knew, the juror was successfully pacified. The specific comfort money seemed to be paid by Malfoy and other families.

The Ministry of Magic has no money anyway. Even the cost of re-operation after the Wizarding War was borrowed from Gringotts. But soon after, the newly appointed Minister of Magic Fudge repaired the luxurious fountain pool and increased the Ministry of Magic's investment in repairs and renovations.

In someone’s words: “The less it is, the more it needs to be whitewashed.”…

The Ministry of Magic cannot come up with the confiscated property of the Macmillan family, let alone any compensation.

But the Ministry of Magic still wanted to keep MacMillan's mouth shut. After all, being so shameless was neither easy to say nor easy to hear. If MacMillan really wanted to stab the Wizengamot, it would not just be as simple as being laughed at by his colleagues from other countries.

In the end, after a series of negotiations, the Ministry of Magic agreed to make an exception, and the MacMillan Family Compensation Case was born.

The general meaning of this bill is to allow the MacMillan family to obtain wealth from the mortal world through a special charter to make up for the losses caused by unjust cases.

The bill states that the means of acquiring wealth must be legitimate and one-time.

As a result, MacMillan started a coquettish operation that made the British wizarding elite and the pure-blood families who knew they were not short of money both jealous and envious.

Although the Rothschild family, the most prestigious family in Europe and even the world (valued at US$2007 trillion in 50), was seemingly split up, it was actually moved behind the scenes and became an iceberg that only showed the tip of the iceberg to the world. level financial tycoon.

Although this family has the reputation of being 'blessed by the goddess of wisdom', it cannot solve the problems of birth, old age, illness and death.

MacMillan helped his old patriarch solve half of the problem of old age and illness.

When it comes to transactions, we have to mention the issue of trust.

Fortunately, this problem is not really a big problem.

High-level mortal officials in various countries know about the existence of extraordinary beings, and established capitals like the Rothschild family naturally know about it too.

They even made many attempts to make friends.

But the wizards have always been neither salty nor indifferent to it.

In fact, it's not that wizards don't understand enjoyment and regard money as dirt, but since the wizards have successfully achieved seclusion, it means that the monitoring system is perfect.

One day and one night after Voldemort's death, British wizards cast spells to celebrate. As a result, former Minister of Magic Millicent Barnold was summoned for questioning by the International Federation of Wizards because the "International Statute of Secrecy" had been violated numerous times.

It can be seen that the magic network is extensive and not leaking.

Take the education system, one of the key social functions, as an example. Even in primitive Africa, there was the Wagadu Magic Academy, which was covered by a network, which can be seen.

But now, the British Ministry of Magic has taken the blame, and the royal family of the United Kingdom has brokered a deal to sell a bottle of life potion to the old patriarch of the Rothschild family, who died soon.

A billion dollars! If you are twenty years old, you will be strong and die naturally.

The current exchange rate between US dollars and British pounds is 1.6:1, and the exchange rate between British pounds and gold galleons is about 5:1.

Therefore, a bottle of medicine can be exchanged for an astronomical amount of money.

The splendor and wealth of the mortal Muggle dignitaries shocked the British wizards until their eyes turned blue.

From a certain point of view, a certain angry young wizard was right. Today's British wizards are just a bunch of hicks who hide in nooks and crannies to amuse themselves. They have never seen big money or seen much in the market.

The rich and powerful in this world are the real rich and powerful. They not only have more money, but also have more green leaves.

For example, the British wizarding world, including family members, has a total population of less than 10,000. When there are gatherings and other gatherings, everyone has waist and legs, and there is no atmosphere if they want to show off.

As for him, he rules hundreds of millions of people and raises countless large and communal livestock. Just listening to it makes people's blood boil...

Of course, the wizarding world has its own national conditions here.

But this does not prevent this group of pure-blood wizards from being jealous of the fact that the MacMillan family has become the richest pure-blood family.

Not only the pure-blood families, but also the top brass of the Ministry of Magic were mentally unbalanced.

Nothing to say. They said that the Macmillan family was being cunning and the Ministry of Magic would not take the blame. The impact was too great and too bad. Haven't they seen their counterparts in other countries express their indignation?

In fact, the British Ministry of Magic just wants to take advantage of this opportunity to share money.

Poor, incompetent, shameless, and very greedy. This is the true face of Ministry bureaucracy.

At this time, Dumbledore was already paying more attention to the MacMillan family.

He believes that selling medicine is not something that short-sighted small landowners in mountain villages can come up with.

MacMillan's subsequent performance was still very good. In response to the hint that the Ministry of Magic wanted to share money, MacMillan came up with a fund solution.

According to this plan, in addition to using the proceeds from selling drugs to renovate the mansion, most of the remaining money was injected into the McMillan family fund.

The fund is a mortal asset and is managed by mortal professional managers.

And make it clear that any business intervention of a supernatural nature is prohibited. Supervised by the Wizengamot.

A portion of its fund income is fed back to the MacMillan family every year, and the remainder is integrated into the fund pool for development.

In this way, what the McMillan family gained was nothing more than renovating the dilapidated old house and maintaining a well-fed house with sufficient daily expenses.

Now, not even the Wizengamot could say anything.

After all, MacMillan's operation is not the first of its kind, and similar stuff from the beautiful country is the big one.

The interests of other people were involved, and the speaker on the platform also appeared, chatting privately: "To maintain the dignity of the established purebloods, we can't be too harsh on this, otherwise we will also be restrained.

In addition, it is considered as paying tuition. This is a good way to raise money to make a fortune. You might as well copy it if you have the chance..."

As it turns out, this is not one lesson but a series of finance lessons.

In the following years, Macmillan's remote control fund continued to engage in saucy operations.

For example, the wasteland of Wind Valley Villa was transformed into a forest area, renamed Moon Claw Valley, and registered at the mortal level, making it a legal industry.

This contains many conveniences and a dignity that most wizards do not enjoy.

As mortal technology has become more and more advanced, various new survey methods have emerged, and the free space of wizards has been greatly reduced.

More than once, wizards have jointly reported to the Wizengamot: "We are almost no longer able to breathe the free air!"

Although the mortal world official gave some explanations for the rapidly increasing "wilderness phenomenon", they mostly complained about their own sufferings and vaguely showed an arrogant attitude of taking pleasure in others' misfortunes.

For this reason, the Magical Congress of America, which has always been daring to take the lead, has asked a certain mortal congressman who danced particularly well to perform the light pig dance and died on the spot. But everyone knows that this method of killing one person to scare others only treats the symptoms but not the root cause...

Now, the McMillan family has achieved its goal of crossing the two sides of the world in disguise. How many wizards and dignitaries are envious of this...

Dumbledore was not envious of him.

It is people's ability to solve difficulties and seize opportunities, exploit and create loopholes, and be the first to eat crabs.

It is a pity that he did not catch this wealth train.

But despite the regret, I am also relieved and inspired.

He guessed, and was now basically certain that Ernie McMillan in front of him was responsible for all these things. It's very good, but the heat is obviously a bit too high.

This big mouthful was too much. So much so that he was still ostracized by pure-blood wizarding families and even officials from the Ministry of Magic. Even the popularity he gained through being wronged was wiped out because of his sudden wealth.

Inevitably, you will be faced with all kinds of difficulties, conflicts, and fleecing.

In this case, the power of connections like him can help solve a lot of embarrassment and losses caused by being humiliated and punished.

He even had to thank the Ministry of Magic and the pure-blood wizarding family for pushing MacMillan into his arms.

This was another reason why he personally visited the McMillan family.

He originally thought that as long as this Ernie wasn't so cunning, even a young Tom would be introduced to Hogwarts for the sake of his abilities.

I didn’t expect Ernie to be such an informed and knowledgeable person...