Chapter 448 Young Man, Your Thoughts Are Dangerous (Two in One)

Draco was obviously persuaded, he fell into deep thinking, and when Anton woke up, he was still sitting on the sofa, thinking about things with an empty wine glass.

Anton smiled lightly, ignored him, and left the dormitory straight away.

He himself doesn't have so many worries, he focuses on magic, and only yearns for magic.

Oh~

Although he can only stay away from magic for a while now, because he has to complete the homework assigned by Lockhart in the literature class, and find a way to fill his own "transfiguration that can resist the death curse" into a story.

Lockhart even bought a copy of the fairy tale "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" and asked Anton to figure out this way of describing magic into interesting stories.

This is obviously an interesting thing, and Anton is willing to try it.

Unknowingly, the weekend came, and old Ronaldo from the Auror office came to the school again.

Anton rubbed his little hands excitedly, "Last time you said that you would teach three parts, camouflage concealment, stealth tracking, and poison antidote. I don't know which aspect we should start from."

Old Ronaldo shook his head, shared the coffee he brought with Anton, and led him for a walk by the Black Lake.

"The first class that the Auror's master gave to his apprentice was never these, but a course that does not require assessment, but in fact has to be assessed all the time."

"?" Anton looked puzzled.

"Stand in line!" Old Ronaldo looked serious.

"Stand in line?" Anton's small face was wrinkled, "Oh, damn politics."

The old Ronaldo shrugged and took a sip of coffee, "Actually, this course is extremely important. In terms of your actual achievements as a master of potions, this is something you must understand, otherwise you will be in bad luck of."

He avoided a big rock and walked to the edge of the Black Lake, "I have seen too many excellent people, because they don't understand these things, they are easily influenced by others in their decision-making, and even jump left and right, resulting in no gain in the end." People's waiting."

"If you plan to live well in the Ministry of Magic, or if you plan to live a good life in the wizarding world, this is an essential course." He sat down on a big rock, raised his eyelids and looked at Anton, "You can even say , if you intend to enter the Auror office by becoming my apprentice, you must figure this out, otherwise I will resolutely prevent you from joining."

He pursed his lips, his gray-blue eyeballs looked up and down, "to avoid being dragged down by you."

"You should be thankful that apart from family education, this kind of thing can only be taught by masters and apprentices, and I am a centrist, so I can give you a more neutral analysis."

Anton thought for a while, then found a rock and sat down, "Speak."

Old Ronaldo was obviously very pleased with Anton's attitude, "It's actually not too complicated. Everything revolves around the "International Wizarding Secrecy Act". As long as you grasp this point, many things will become very easy."

"Secrecy Act..." Anton was thoughtful.

Old Ronaldo nodded, "Yes, confidentiality law."

He drew a line with his fingers, "Before the appearance of the "Secrecy Act", the top level of wizards was the 'Wizard Council', magic schools, and magic factories. Everyone did their own thing."

"Many 'Wizard Councils' have formed the 'International Federation of Wizards', an organization where everyone argues with each other."

"Later, the 'International Federation of Wizards' and the 'Wizard Council' slowly began to have a power struggle. You don't need to pay attention to the content here, you only need to know that the 'Federation' has achieved the greatest victory through the "Secrecy Act", They reorganized all the 'Wizard Councils' by this."

Old Ronaldo squinted his eyes, "You have to know that the 'Wizard Council' is the leadership of a group of wizards, but it is not limited to the origin of the wizards, but the reorganized 'Ministry of Magic' strictly divides authority according to the countries of the Muggle world. .”

Anton took a breath and was keenly aware of the problem, "Decentralize power with the Muggle country?"

The old Ronaldo gestured with his palms out of place, "Yes, this is the biggest watershed. This is a way for the wizarding world to match the Muggle world. There are too many wonderful things in it."

"In other words...the law of secrecy is the foundation of the Ministry of Magic." He chuckled, "Did you find anything interesting?"

Anton recalled what he just talked about, and blinked, "Magic school and magic factory!"

snap~

Old Ronaldo snapped his fingers, "Yes, Anton, you are very savvy."

"In 1707, the first Minister of Magic, Ulrich Gump, established the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, the most powerful department in the Ministry of Magic."

"Based on the Secrecy Act, the legislative and judicial Wizengamot's was drawn into it, and the law enforcement Auror Office was established."

"At the same time, the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Witchcraft and Wizardry will have an important seat in the Wizengamot."

"Thus, the Ministry of Magic has enforced the Statute of Secrecy in the wizarding world."

"In 1733, Eldrich Diggory, the third Minister of Magic, set up the Auror recruitment plan, completely abandoning the previous method of selecting people from the people, and recruiting them from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry graduates."

Speaking of this, old Ronaldo smiled, "So you know the reason why you can become an Auror, right? The Ministry of Magic doesn't necessarily require graduates. Their most fundamental goal is the influential students in Hogwarts. "

His tone was faint, "Law enforcement, of course, implement the laws made by the Wizengamot, and these laws come from the "Secrecy Act."

"Such a mechanism..."

"hey-hey……"

Old Ronaldo picked up a pebble, put it in the palm of the other hand, and clenched it tightly, "The magic school, the Ministry of Magic, is another kind of chimerism according to the "Secrecy Act."

Anton exclaimed, "This is an idea I never imagined."

He thought for a while, "Then...the magic factory?"

Old Ronaldo sneered, "In the wizarding world, in the end, powerful wizards decide everything. Those who learn how to play capital like Muggles are just a group of dregs that look powerful but have no resistance at all. They don't need to be distributed."

He met Anton's surprised eyes, and drew a line with his finger, going back to the beginning, "The International Federation of Wizards needs to check and balance the Ministry of Magic to ensure that everyone can firmly believe in the "Secrecy Act."

"So they found a good place for the defeated goblins, and set up the only bank in the wizarding world, Gringotts."

"Every Ministry of Magic, or rather every Muggleland, has a Gringotts, even if there's no money to be made there."

"Gringotts is under the jurisdiction of the International Federation of Wizards, but goblins are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Magic."

Anton rubbed his chin, "Interesting."

"What's more interesting..." Old Ronaldo's eyes flashed a gleam, "The magic factory is mainly to enslave goblins to work, but they finally found out that the right to make money is in Gringotts, and the goblin's jurisdiction is in the Ministry of Magic."

As he spoke, he clapped his hands and made a loud noise.

"So, the goblin rebelled, hehe."

Anton's eyes widened. "This is different from what is recorded in the history of magic. It is recorded in the book that this is a struggle for the right of survival of goblins. Is this... the wizard boss of the magic factory?"

"Oh~"

The old Ronaldo beckoned, "This will not be recorded in the book."

"In 1747, the then Minister of Magic resigned because he failed to deal with the goblin properly. In fact, it was because he took some benefits from the factory owners."

"The unlucky guy who took over was even worse. After two months, because the goblin joined the werewolf camp, the rebellion intensified, and he resigned and ran away."

"Company 1752, the Auror veteran Hephaestus Gore became the Minister of Magic, and used strong measures to quell the war, goblins, werewolves..." Old Ronaldo talked about the old Auror, with a look of reverence, waving Arm, "swept away."

"As for those factory owners..."

"Hey, Hephaestus Gore's most famous deed is to renovate and strengthen Azkaban."

Anton smacked his lips, "Show~"

"In this event where the Ministry of Magic completely established its authority, you have to be clear about one thing." Old Ronaldo looked serious, "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was affected by the witch hunt movement, and wizards were oppressed by Muggles and needed to find a place Hiding to build up strength, they naturally cannot have too much cooperation with the Muggle world."

Seeing Anton's disapproving look, he said, "Oh, don't think you understand it just because Dumbledore is intimate with the Muggle world. Look around, can you find any Muggle electrical and mechanical products?"

"On the contrary, the magic factory forces that have too many possibilities of cooperation and integration with the Muggle world are the possible reasons why they cannot get a seat in the Ministry of Magic."

"The International Wizarding Secrecy Act!" Old Ronaldo reiterated again, "This is the basis for all standards set by the 'International Federation of Wizards' and the 'Ministry of Magic'."

"Many people don't understand this, so they don't understand some strange-looking news and jurisprudence in the wizarding world."

Just when Anton suddenly realized, old Ronaldo raised his eyebrows, "This is modern history, and modern history has changed again."

He saw Anton being dazed again, his eyes dim.

"In all of this, there is another thread that runs through everything, and that is the struggle of pure-bloods, half-bloods and Muggle wizards."

"In 1718, Damocles Rolle became Minister for Magic because of his extremely tough attitude towards Muggles."

"In 1733, Perseus Parkinson, the third Minister for Magic, resigned after trying to pass a bill to make Muggle marriage illegal."

"In 1789, the Minister for Magic, Porteous Nazibo, stepped down for being too close to the Muggle Prime Minister."

"In 1819, Josephine Flint rose to power for being extremely anti-Muggle, advocating an anti-technology movement, and claiming that telegraphs interfered with the working of wands."

"In 1849, the Minister for Magic, Evangeline Orpington, became a friend of the Queen and used magic to assist her in a documented case of wizards being involved in the Muggle Wars."

"(slightly)……"

Anton exclaimed, "Repeatedly jumping?"

Old Ronaldo shook his head, and gently separated his index finger and middle finger, "During the process of centralizing power in the Ministry of Magic, I divided myself into two factions that are not clear but have actually taken shape-hardliners against Muggles, and those against Muggle friendly."

"The struggle came to a head in 1968, against the backdrop of these two factions taking turns in power and messing up the laws and policies of the Ministry of Magic."

"The first Muggle-born wizard, Nobby Rich, Minister of Magic, was forced to step down because of a strange disease. But many of us know that this was a collective plan of the pure-blood family. At that time, nearly half of the people Threatening him to step down with a collective resignation, led by Lucius Malfoy's father, Abraxas Malfoy."

"Next we're going to talk about the substance..."

He looked around, leaned his upper body, and said in a low voice, "Grindelwald is the standard faction that opposes the Secrecy Act, and he represents the interests of the faction that wizards dominate Muggles and desire to rule and enslave Muggles." .”

"If we separate Grindelwald, these self-proclaimed saints represent the interests of this aspect."

"The mysterious man represents the interests of the 'Muggle Hardliners' under the framework of the Secrecy Act. Leaving him alone, these people who call themselves Death Eaters represent the interests of pure-blood families."

"Dumbledore represents the interests of the 'Muggle-friendly faction' under the framework of the Secrecy Act, and those people can be recruited by his Order of the Phoenix."

Old Ronaldo's voice became softer, "In it, the place where the battle is fiercest is never the Muggles, the middle ground here is the Muggle-born wizards."

"The 'Muggle Hardlines' intend to enslave Muggle wizards and make them inferior. The 'Muggle Friendly' intend to accommodate Muggle wizards and call them wizards of their own kind."

"What's interesting is that Grindelwald's 'anti-Secrecy Act' faction instead believes that these Muggle wizards can be united. This coincides with the proposition of the 'Muggle-friendly faction' in this place."

Old Ronaldo narrowed his eyes, "I'll finish telling you these words, I won't admit what I said."

His voice became smaller and smaller, "So at some point, there is a possibility that Dumbledore and Grindelwald will cooperate, and they even intend to cruelly eliminate the existence of 'hardliners against Muggles'."

Anton's eyes widened, "It seems...it seems to be like this."

"So... the 'Muggle Squib' you mentioned in the Inquisition...hehe..."

"You mean, the middle storm zone where the three factions are fighting each other..."

Old Ronaldo nodded slowly, with an expression of "you know you are afraid", "Yes, you dance in the smoke, especially..."

He slowly spit out a word, "...dangerous."

At the same time, Anton also interjected, "...exciting."

"Um?"

"ha?"

The two looked at each other, blinking at each other in confusion.

The old Ronaldo looked at Anton and raised his eyebrows, "Young man, your thoughts are very dangerous."

Anton scratched his head honestly, shyly, and embarrassedly, "Haha, I was wrong."

"It's better that way."

"By the way." Anton sorted out old Ronaldo's words, compared with the current situation, and couldn't help being a little curious, "Which faction is Fudge?"

Old Ronaldo smiled, "The centrists, like us, I think with your status as a master of potions and the new group of 'Muggle Squibs' you proposed, he should treat you very well. You naturally have many Opportunity to coorparate."

"That's it..."

Anton asked again, "The director of the Auror office... um..."

"Scrimgeour!"

"Yes, Scrimgeour." Anton scratched his head, sometimes he just couldn't remember the names of these foreigners, "What faction does he belong to?"

Old Ronaldo squinted his eyes, "For the time being, it can be said that he is a hardliner in the 'Muggle-friendly faction'."

"???"

"He should be on the same side as Dumbledore, but you also noticed that he doesn't seem to be on the same side as Dumbledore."

"Maybe only when he becomes the director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement will he know what kind of concept he really is."

Anton was stunned, "Didn't it mean that the Department of Magical Law Enforcement has no director?"

Old Ronaldo took a sip of his coffee, pointed at Anton and smiled, "Yes, it's a false job, it can't control the Wizengamot, it can't control the Auror Office, and even Arthur's Prohibited Misuse of Muggle Items Neither the Office nor Umbridge's Misuse of Magic Office can direct."

"This vacant position is not permanent. Generally, taking this position means that he is far away from the power center."

Seeing Anton's dazed look, he had no choice but to add, "Either retire honorably with the benefits of this position, or become the Minister of Magic."

"The minister is far from the center of power?"

"Haha." Old Ronaldo stood up and patted Anton on the shoulder lightly, "This is just a joke used by everyone in the Ministry of Magic office to tease the Minister."

He shrugged, "You don't need to care."

Yeah?

How did Anton feel that what he said was right?