Chapter 156 The Love and Hate of Fudge and Crouch

Harry was a little surprised.

Professor Slughorn has always been a cheerful and good-natured person, strictly practicing the two words "enjoying life" and "making money with harmony".

It's really rare to see this kind of attitude of watching jokes now.

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

Then he pulled out his wand, waved it lightly, and spread several spells around him before explaining to Harry:

"It seems that 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, wanting to hear the opinion of Professor Slughorn, who has many connections in the Ministry of Magic.

"You'd think that since Fudge was under political pressure, he'd be paying attention to Ni's return, right?

If I'm not mistaken, the reason why he didn't know about your return is probably because old Barty, the director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, Barty Crouch, 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 I expected that you didn't know a lot of information, so I made preparations in advance.

You read the contents of the parchment, with your wisdom, you can definitely guess why. "

Harry nodded silently, scanning the parchment quickly.

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

Fudge and Crouch have been at loggerheads.

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

As for some other processes, it's just a formality.

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

He was the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, a staunchly anti-Voldemort faction, fair-minded, and a pureblood.

Batty Sr. also controls the largest violent organization in the Ministry of Magic, the Aurors. Almost all Aurors support him and are willing to obey Barty's orders.

In this case, old Batty can completely say that the entire Ministry of Magic belongs to me, so what do I have to lose?

But he was still too happy.

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

Although the old Batty was cruel enough to throw his son directly into Azkaban, he still lost his position as Director of Magical Law Enforcement.

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

But it's not easy for him to be a minister.

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

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

And the people from the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters should have been Fudge's direct descendants, and they were Fudge's staunch supporters.

But the current director hated Fu Ji, the deputy director who was promoted by himself, to surpass him and become the minister, so he kept stumbling him, relying on his seniority to listen to the instructions and not listen to the announcement.

But Fudge was also a politically wise man.

On the one hand, he contacted the pure-blood families, worked hard to eliminate the bad influence Voldemort brought to them, and tried to make them become consultants of the Ministry of Magic, and even hold some important positions.

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

And old Batty, who was the biggest threat to Fudge, was naturally "assigned" by him to the International Department of Magical Cooperation.

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

"Death Eater Sirius Black escaped from Azkaban Prison. Sirius is suspected to be an important deputy of the mysterious man."

It dawned on Harry that everything was explained.

The escaped prisoner from Azkaban Prison, which claims that no one can escape, is still a very dangerous prisoner.

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

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

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

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

After all, the dementors guarding Azkaban became his minions after Voldemort appeared.

Voldemort is defeated and Dumbledore proposes to destroy them all.

But Fudge managed to keep them alive and keep them as Ministry of Magic employees.

Therefore, the first person responsible for this matter must be Fudge, and the few Aurors responsible for communicating with Azkaban cannot bear this responsibility, nor are they qualified to undertake it.

Now, Fudge needs to publicize the good news that Halle won the championship, to eliminate the negative political influence and relieve the pressure.

And old Batty was naturally unwilling to lose everything, so he took advantage of his position to conceal Harry's return.

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

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

Harry nodded silently, a black flame ignited in his hand. The parchment was instantly reduced to ashes.

Professor Slughorn stared at the black flame in Harry's hand, and said softly:

"You're probably wondering, why did I tell you such an important thing?"

Seeing Harry nodding silently, Professor Slughorn kindly continued:

"You're a smart guy, so it's better to say something clearly.

This is my investment in you.

To be honest, I kind of regret retiring so early, not being your Potions teacher and pulling you into my slug club.

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

You remind me of a student who is very smart, studious and inquisitive, and is popular with most of his classmates and highly praised by almost all of his professors.

Only Albus never liked him.

You are like him, but better than him in every way.

Albus didn't like him because he studied the Dark Arts. But you obviously used black magic, but Albus valued you very much, and tried his best to train you.

I don't know why, but I trust Albus's vision, and even more my vision and premonition. "

Harry nodded and bowed slightly: "Thank you, Professor, for your kindness, I will never forget it."

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(Thanks to Nine-Tailed Yanhu for the reward!)

Do you feel that this talk is a bit too much, a bit boring? I have been compressing the number of words when writing, but I have to say it for the sake of the plot later.

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Push a book by the way.

The old author's book, he has completed a book with 2 million words.

The new book is the muscular version of Harry Potter, and the main focus is to tear Voldemort by hand.

Magic is an inconvenience.

Tom Riddle, your purity is too low!

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Oh yes, guns replace wands.

Ron, this thing is much better than a wand!