Study Days at Hogwarts

Chapter 1596 A war without a winner (forty-six)

"Do you think he will give in?"

Beside the large round table, several talkative people from pure-blood families gathered together again after a year apart. In front of them lay the front page of the latest issue of the newspaper:

Reports of Inferi attacking Muggle villages.

"Probably... not."

The words of an older man were more helpless and sighing.

Their temporary minister obviously did not intend to follow "everyone's advice" and continue to adopt the "peaceful mud" policy after the end of the First Wizarding War. Instead, he planned to "liquidate" the British wizarding world, and the oppression was pressing harder and harder. , making everyone present feel a strong threat, forcing them to come together to discuss a response plan.

"What should we do?"

The hall suddenly fell into a strange silence. It was obvious that they didn't know what to do, otherwise there would be no need to get together to discuss a solution.

"How about continuing to cause trouble for him and force him to compromise?"

"Find a way to oust him, or let him die unexpectedly?"

These are the simplest and most commonly used solutions, but it is difficult to get everyone's approval at the moment.

Kingsley is not that easy to deal with, otherwise he would have died long ago, how could he become the new minister?

"I suggest talking to him again."

An old man tapped the newspaper on the table with his finger and reminded everyone present, "We lost this time. If we lose, we need to pay the price. Submitting to the new minister is a necessary process."

"Submit yourself, look at what he is doing." A middle-aged wizard said angrily, "We lost, but he can't take away all the benefits. That is against the rules."

These words were quickly recognized by others around him.

A noble pureblood can admit his failure, make a few mistakes on his own, or shed some blood and give up some of his interests, but Kingsley cannot go too far, because this is the consensus of British purebloods. Now that the war is over, the best solution is to ease the conflict between the two parties.

But Kingsley did not dare to do that, because it would not solve any problem in essence, and it might completely detonate the conflict.

What's more, times have changed.

There were a pair of invisible hands pushing them from behind.

However, some purebloods have not yet realized this, and still try to use old thinking to solve problems, completely unaware that once something is done, it means there is no turning back.

Because Kingsley was far from the only one who was completely annoyed.

Mr. Minister also has his own family and allies with common interests, and the group of wizards who were oppressed in the past wars will also stand with him.

Everyone wishes that all the "dark wizards" would die.

After the Ministry of Magic survives, there will inevitably be a large-scale counterattack and revenge.

But most stubborn wizards don't realize that someone has already prepared the sling for them.

All they knew was that if they didn't resist, Kingsley would completely deprive them of their interests in the Ministry of Magic.

That is something they absolutely cannot tolerate.

"Wait a little longer!"

At the round table, the man who had remained silent suddenly said.

"Maybe, put some more pressure on them, and then go talk to Kingsley. It's best to resolve it peacefully. We will lose this time, and the loser needs to pay the price."

"What makes you weak, Parkinson?" someone couldn't help but sneer.

"Voldemort is dead. We have no chance of winning. It is more important to stop the losses in time."

"Of course you can stop your losses in time. The entire Malfoy family has been swallowed up by you. Of course you don't care, but what about us?"

The party eventually broke up, but they all came to a tacit consensus that they should put more pressure on their interim minister.

Concessions and compromises are inevitable, but the purebloods would never tolerate Kingsley taking away the entire pot without leaving even a bowl of rice for them.

It's clear to both sides.

This battle over the power and interests of the Ministry of Magic will continue until one party compromises or falls completely.

This is very painful for the workers below.

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"This is a warning, a naked warning, they want to keep us running!"

At this moment, in the Office of the Minister of Magic, the Director of the Auror Office, who had not yet gotten off work, reported the latest attack to Kingsley angrily.

Although this attack did not cause too many casualties to the Muggle village, it brought a lot of trouble to the Ministry of Magic, and many departments were implicated and forced to work overtime.

According to the remaining images of the magic retrospective, it was still the good deeds of those bastards before, and the Ministry of Magic could do nothing about it.

"We were expecting this, weren't we?"

Kingsley looked up at the emotional Gadwin, and could understand the other's bad mood of working overtime continuously.

"We have to do something."

"Then speed up the search and eradication of the Inferi, and mobilize other people to participate in the search. It is best to carefully screen the entire UK."

"this……"

Gadwin Robards felt that Kingsley's proposal was ridiculous. How many people would be needed and how much time would be wasted to complete it.

"Can't Anderson help divine the whereabouts of those dark wizards?"

Gadwin Robards hesitated for a moment, but said what Kingsley wanted him to say, "It's best to find out the bastard who deliberately caused us trouble."

"You know, Albert is just a name, and he doesn't like the Ministry of Magic himself. You can hardly expect him to help unless..."

"Unless what?" asked Gadwin.

"Unless the Ministry of Magic is willing to pay him to help with divination?" Kingsley said with a wry smile.

"So, the previous rumor is true?"

Gadwin Robards understood Kingsley's hesitation. As the interim minister, he obviously did not have the power to spend money lavishly, not to mention that the Ministry of Magic was currently extremely short of money, so he spent a thousand Galleons to let Al Burt's help with the search would appear incompetent.

"Maybe the price can be lowered, but you can't expect him to help the Ministry of Magic for free. You have to pay first."

Kingsley was quite helpless about this. It was not that he had not thought about seeking help from other diviners, but real masters of prediction were rare in number and had high status, and most of them were unable to predict accurately. The most important thing is that they also could not predict accurately. There is a fee, and the price is not low either.

If you want to have sex for nothing, it doesn’t exist.

After looking around carefully, Kingsley discovered that asking Albert for help was the most trouble-free, labor-saving and cost-effective way, but the only problem now was how to convince other people.

At least, this matter cannot be proposed by him on his own initiative. It must even be discussed by everyone and approved by the majority before he can make the decision.

"I will mention this at a recent meeting." Gadwin Robards agreed.

They had no choice but to clean up the mess left by the dark wizard. They were already exhausted enough. If they came here every few days, they wouldn't need to do anything else.

"The masterminds behind this must be found out, eliminated completely, and the trouble solved once and for all."

"We can all guess who is behind the scenes." Kingsley said suddenly.

Suddenly there was dead silence in the office.

Yes, even without divination, it is actually not difficult to guess.

"I remember that the guys who wanted to kill Umbridge also hated Voldemort's minions. Maybe we can guide them to do something... This will undoubtedly be a win-win deal. They can complete their revenge on the dark wizard. And we can avoid a lot of trouble." Gadwin Robards is well aware of Kingsley's difficulties, but that doesn't mean they can't use other methods.

If those lingering losers were really behind the scenes, then they should be killed.

But since becoming a minister, Kingsley has had many concerns about doing things. He has vividly demonstrated the saying "The art of politics is compromise", so even if he knows that some guys may have problems, he can't do anything. We can only find someone to take the blame as Gadwin Robards said.

But Kingsley didn't want to do that, not because those people were partners who had fought side by side, but... they were all like time bombs that could blow him and the people around him to pieces at any time.

He didn't dare to try it easily at all.

No wonder Albert said that he was becoming more and more hypocritical. Maybe he should talk to that person in private.

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