Hogwarts: Harry's Path to Witches

Chapter 156 The love-hate relationship between Fudge and Crouch

Harley felt a little surprised.

Professor Slughorn has always been a cheerful and good-natured person, strictly practicing the two words "enjoy life" and "harmony brings wealth".

It's really hard to see this kind of attitude of looking at jokes now.

Seeing Harry's curious eyes, Professor Slughorn did not answer immediately, but looked at his watch.

Then he took out his wand, waved it gently, and cast several spells around him before explaining to Harry:

"It seems we still have some free time, so let me tell you a few words. Do you know about the relationship between Fudge and Crouch?"

Harry vaguely guessed something, but still chose to shake his head and wanted to hear the opinion of Professor Slughorn, who had many connections in the Ministry of Magic.

"You would think that since Fudge is facing political pressure, he would definitely pay attention to your return, right?

If I'm not wrong, the reason why he didn't know about your return was probably because Barty Sr., Barty Crouch, the director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, didn't notify Fudge. "

Despite the magic surrounding him, Professor Slughorn lowered his voice and gave Harry a roll of sheepskin.

“I guessed that this would happen and expected that you don’t know a lot of information, so I made preparations in advance.

If you read the contents on the parchment, you will definitely be able to guess the reason based on your wisdom. "

Harry nodded silently and quickly scanned the parchment.

After reading a little bit, Harley also understood what was going on.

Fudge and Crouch have been nonchalant.

After all, according to the rules of the Ministry of Magic, only the Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement is eligible to be promoted to Minister of Magic.

As for some other processes, they are just a formality.

After the fall of Voldemort, the previous Minister of Magic retired, and the most promising successor to the Minister of Magic was naturally Barty Crouch.

He is the director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, a resolute anti-Voldemort faction, fair and strict, and a pure blood.

Old Barty also controls the largest violent organization in the Ministry of Magic - Aurors. Almost all the Aurors supported him and willingly obeyed Barty's orders.

In this case, old Barty could have said, the whole Ministry of Magic belongs to me, what do I have to lose?

But he was still too happy too early.

Barty Sr.'s son, Barty Crouch Jr., was suddenly captured by Aurors and accused of being a Death Eater, and the evidence was conclusive.

Although Old Barty was cruel enough to throw his son into Azkaban, he still lost his position as Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.

Fudge, who was the Deputy Director of the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters at the time, was lucky enough to take over as Minister of Magic.

But his job as a minister is not easy.

After Fudge took office, the largest department in the Ministry of Magic, the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, actually did not obey Fudge's orders, and the Aurors even obeyed him.

Harry guessed the reason almost instantly: the cake belonging to our faction was robbed by an outsider like you, what do you want to do?

The people in the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters were supposed to be Fudge's direct descendants and his die-hard supporters.

However, the current director resented that Fudge, the deputy director he had single-handedly promoted, surpassed him and became minister, so he kept stumbling upon him, relying on his seniority to listen to orders rather than announcements.

But Fudge was also politically smart.

On the one hand, he contacted pure-blood families, worked hard to eliminate the negative influence of Voldemort on them, and found ways to make them consultants to the Ministry of Magic, and even hold some important positions.

On the other hand, Fudge vigorously promoted his relationship with Dumbledore, making people think that he was Dumbledore's follower and that all his actions were based on Dumbledore's instructions.

And Old Barty, who was the biggest threat to Fudge, was naturally "sent" to the International Magical Cooperation Department by him.

The content on the parchment suddenly changed here, and in the end only one sentence was recorded:

"Death Eater Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban Prison. Sirius is suspected to be an important deputy of You-Know-Who."

Harry suddenly realized that everything was explained clearly.

A prisoner has escaped from Azkaban Prison, which is said to be inaccessible, and he is still a very dangerous prisoner.

The impact of this incident is very significant, after all, it will bring panic to the magic world.

If one prisoner can escape from Azkaban, will the second one escape? The third?

There are countless Death Eaters imprisoned there. What if someone inherits Voldemort's legacy and becomes the third generation Dark Lord?

The Ministry of Magic is under tremendous pressure. And whoever is in power is responsible, and Fudge must bear the greatest responsibility.

After all, the dementors guarding Azkaban became Voldemort's minions after he appeared.

Voldemort was defeated, and Dumbledore suggested destroying them all.

But Fudge found a way to keep them alive and allow them to continue to be employees of the Ministry of Magic.

Therefore, the first person responsible for this matter must be Fudge. The several Aurors responsible for contacting Azkaban cannot bear this responsibility, nor are they qualified to bear it.

Now, Fudge needs to publicize the good news of Halle's victory to eliminate the negative political impact and relieve the pressure.

Old Barty was naturally not willing to lose everything, so he used his position to conceal Harley's return.

This would put more political pressure on Fudge and give Crouch time to find other allies.

"Do you understand?" Professor Slughorn looked at Harry kindly, "Destroy the parchment after reading it."

Harley nodded silently, and a black flame ignited in her hand. The parchment instantly turned to ashes.

Professor Slughorn looked at the black flames on Harry's hand and whispered:

"You may be curious, why would I tell you such an important thing?"

Seeing Harry nodding silently, Professor Slughorn continued kindly:

"You are a smart person, so it is better to speak clearly.

This is my investment in you.

To be honest, I kind of regret that I retired so early and didn't get to be your Potions Master and get you into my slug club.

After all, you are the smartest and most talented of all the students I have ever met.

You remind me of a student who is very smart, studious and inquiring. He is welcomed by most of his classmates and praised by almost all professors.

Only Albus never liked him.

You are very similar to him, but better than him in every aspect.

Albus disliked him because of his delving into the dark arts. But you have obviously used dark magic, but Albus values ​​you very much and tries his best to train you.

I don't know why, but I believe in Albus's vision, and I believe in my vision and premonition. "

Harley nodded and bowed slightly: "Thank you, Professor, for your kindness. I will not forget it."

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(Thanks to Jiuwei Yanhu for the tip!)

Do you feel like this is a bit too much to talk about and a bit boring? I have been compressing the number of words while writing, but for the needs of the subsequent plot, I have to say it.

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Recommend a book by the way.

A book by an old author, he has completed a book with 200 million words.

The new book is a muscular version of Harry Potter, and its main focus is tearing apart Voldemort.

Magic is an inconvenience.

Tom Riddle, your purity is too low!

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Oh yeah, guns instead of wands.

Ron, this thing is much better than a wand!