Many people had already guessed that the land of Bulgaria would be divided. But unlike what they had expected, the United Kingdom did not participate in the division of Bulgaria except for taking away the shares of the Demstrand School. Instead, the United Kingdom gave up all of the land to other countries that were expected to receive more monetary compensation.
This illogical phenomenon made the wizards wonder what Harris was up to.
…
Sure enough, Owen, the head of the United Kingdom's Ministry of Magic, stepped onto the podium himself. He rested his hands on the podium, and his face was ruddy and full of energy. He was not wearing a formal magic robe. Instead, he was wearing the H94 Aura uniform, just like on the day of the declaration of war. Many wizards knew that there would be more to come. The war was over, but he was still wearing the uniform …
"Today belongs to you, to the purest generation that has experienced victory in the war. You are the future." Owen stretched out his right hand and waved his fingers upward. "We have won, but we can't relax. We must always be vigilant. Our enemies are still at large. After seizing the headquarters of the former German Ministry of Magic, we have more evidence, especially the mastermind behind this attack. There is an even more evil country behind this attack."
"Let them pay!" "Who are they?" "Who are they?" "Who are they?"
Many British wizards in the auditorium burst into angry shouts and waved their arms angrily.
In fact, the British suffered no more than the other countries in this attack, but now that they had tasted the sweetness of sharing the loot, they were willing to encourage and encourage their own countries in this regard, even those who had not immigrated for a long time. This way, they could quickly raise their status, otherwise, they would appear to be outsiders.
"We have seized some letters from the mastermind, Mr. Telman, who committed suicide for fear of punishment. We have also received confirmation from the former German diplomatic ambassador, Goebbels, that there were American fairies who often went in and out of Telman's office." Owen gestured the number seven in the air. "Seven days! Our Department of International Magic Cooperation will send formal diplomatic negotiations to the United States Congress of Magic. Given that the list of those involved in the attack is from some radical parties in the United States, we have decided to give them a week. As long as the United States extradites those anti-wizard criminals to the International Union on the floating city, we will not take any further countermeasures. "
Now the wizards finally understood why the United Kingdom did not plot against France and Bulgaria. It was not that the United Kingdom's appetite was small, but that they had their eyes on the United States, which was a fat piece of meat.
The United Kingdom had now handed over Bulgaria to other countries to be divided as a benefit to shut the mouths of some big countries. In this way, the United Kingdom would not have any objection to the United States' next action, and the opinions of those small countries would not be so important at this moment. On the contrary, if the United Kingdom used the same excuse to say that the participants of the attack were giving Bulgaria to other countries to be divided …
"However, my friends, compared to these punishments, these measures to make up for and even take revenge later …" Owen's deep voice had a hint of heaviness to it. "I'd like to ask, why would there be a terrorist attack? In fact, all the countries have more or less received some news about it? Why didn't our British government do enough to prevent the tragedy from happening? "
The wizards looked at each other. They felt that it was reasonable for Minister Harris to put the blame on the government. However, no media had ever reported from this angle. Most of them wanted to shirk the responsibility. This somewhat illogical topic made the audience feel a little awkward because they did not know how to respond.
"I have to admit, as everyone thinks, this is the incompetence of the Ministry of Magic under my leadership." Owen sighed. "After I became the minister, the biggest feeling I had for a long time … especially after we came into contact with those Muggle governments who were far behind us in terms of living standards … My biggest feeling was that our previous Ministry of Magic's management system lacked details, acted sluggishly, and was inefficient." Owen looked ashamed. "I even know that many officials in the various departments of the Ministry of Magic would leave loopholes in the laws for their own convenience when making the relevant laws … Just like in our Ministry of Magic, there was a wizard who protested by causing a storm in someone's office … What I'm really worried about now is that in addition to the original British Ministry of Magic, there is also the floating city and the German Ministry of Magic that is about to join us. The increase in size will make these disadvantages more obvious …"
Owen directly admitted the inefficiency of the Ministry of Magic. This made the smart wizards understand that there must be a solution since he said so in public. This should be Owen's goal. Only Arthur, who was in the audience, blushed when he heard this. Even his bald forehead was red. He was one of the officials who left himself a way out when making the laws.
"I have to thank Mr. Felipe Crivat. It was him and my son Lunn who revised the new constitution based on the stricter laws of the Muggle." Owen paused and slowed down his speech. "Let me give you a brief introduction. The core of this new law is the division of three powers: the department that makes laws immediately, the department that is responsible for administration and enforcement, and the department that supervises and judges. The three powers are exercised by different state organs with different functions, restricting and balancing each other … This law will unify the laws of the United Kingdom, the floating city, and Germany. It will not be like before, where there are some special local laws … Through mutual supervision, we will try to make the Ministry of Magic and the ordinary wizards follow the law. In this time of population explosion, I hope to weaken some unreasonable privileges as much as possible and prevent the law from being abused by individual officials."
There was a buzz in the hall, and there was a lot more discussion than before. Minister Harris did not continue immediately. Obviously, he wanted to give the audience time to react and understand. Many of the wizards in the audience began to admire Minister Harris for doing this to protect the interests of the civilian wizards. However, some of the muggle wizards who knew about this kind of thing had some doubts. They knew that this kind of method would not make the government more efficient. On the contrary, it would make it easier for the government to drag things out. For example, it would take decades to build a road or something like that.
"This is the first solution I came up with when I noticed some problems. Because no matter what, it always makes things more reasonable … But after encountering this attack, I understand that this is far from enough. The world of magic has all kinds of great powers and unexpected events. In the face of an emergency, it's useless to rely on strict laws. At critical moments … it requires the ability to quickly deal with these problems." Owen coughed softly. "I have thought of a solution for this, but before I say it, I want to ask everyone a question. In recent years, the magic world has been progressing at a speed that has not been seen in the past hundreds of thousands of years. What is the reason for this?"
"The umbrella!"
"Allen Harris."
"The Goddess of Ravenclaw …"
Everyone in the hall shouted out their answers at once. After the Magi discussed for a while, Ou Wen gestured with his hands, and the hall, which had been full of discussion, suddenly quieted down.
"I agree with everyone … The recent progress in the magic world is a kind of proof that a person's power can change reality …" Owen looked at the wizards who had just answered loudly and nodded at them. "I can't blame the previous ministers for not doing their job well, because this is another reason I found about the slow progress in the magic world, and that is the problem of the tenure of the leader … Every minister of the Ministry of Magic will not be more than seven years by default … This makes it impossible for even the most ambitious and capable government to achieve a good development blueprint because of this problem … Because if the successor can't carry out the ideas and plans of the predecessor, this is almost inevitable … Because if no change is made, the successor will become invisible …"
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
