Take control of thunder and lightning from Hogwarts

Chapter 458 Minister Pete (seeking a monthly ticket recommendation ticket)
"Then when did the Floo Network be divided? Is it true that no one has any objection to the German Ministry of Magic's decision?"

Although the situation in Germany is very special, the split is not particularly strange, but the process will definitely not be as smooth as imagined, and Anduin also suspects that there is something tricky in it.

Radicals within the Silver Lance must have been involved in the split in the German Ministry of Magic.

Anyway, according to the information disclosed by Thunderbird, Germany is the headquarters of the club, and they have supported many resistance organizations here, and they probably took advantage of this divisive and contradictory situation.

After Fushahui heard Anduin's question, she couldn't help frowning, and sighed softly, "Hey, the Floo Network was split up five years ago..."

After Fushahui's detailed narration, Anduin finally understood what was going on.

It turns out that in the past ten years, the atmosphere in the German Ministry of Magic has become worse and worse as the division has lasted longer, and there have been repeated remarks that hope to divide the German wizarding world according to the existing division of national borders.

But in fact, this kind of speech was only a popular idea at the time, and it was not considered mainstream consciousness. In other words, although there were many divisive speeches at the time, there was no violent conflict after all.

And those who advocate splitting are just a group of relatively contradictory groups. From time to time, they will make split speeches at wizarding gatherings or Ministry of Magic meetings.

However, I didn't get very clear support from others, and of course I didn't get any clear opposition.

In fact, it is the same even in Muggle society. Usually, those who clamor to promote a certain bill or behavior are some minority people. They just have a louder voice, but it does not mean how many people really support them.

But more are actually neutral elements. Their idea is that if you make trouble with you, it's none of my business anyway.

And like the wizarding world, where both individual wizards and wizarding families tend to be independent, there are more people who remain neutral and silent, and everyone doesn't want to express their opinions that much.

According to Fushahui's recollection, although the wizards clamoring for splitting had a lot of trouble at the time, and there were many reports in the newspapers, in an ordinary family like theirs, it seemed that there were not so many wizards around who really wanted to split up.

At most, it's just a little disgusted with the wizards living on the other side, but it's not to the point where they have to divide into two countries.

Everyone is more a little emotional and dissatisfied, but it is still acceptable.

But at this time, the German Ministry of Magic has a new minister named Dario Peet.

After Dario took office, he didn't know whether he took those divisive ideas seriously, thinking that this was the appeal of most German wizards, or because of some other reason.

Actually trying to split the German wizarding world in half.

And for this reason, he lobbied members of the Wizengamot in Germany.

The German Ministry of Magic is actually similar to that of the United Kingdom. There is also the Wizengamot Council. They are a bit like a collection of parliaments and courts. The members are local famous wizards, representatives of large wizarding families, senior officials of the Ministry of Magic, and so on.

For example, Anduin was nominated as a reserve member of the British Wizengamot Council, and he is likely to become one of them in the future. This is also a reward for Minister Budnau and others. After all, in the previous trade agreement, Anduin brought extremely high returns to the British Ministry of Magic.

Generally speaking, any new policy that the Ministry of Magic wants to implement requires the approval of more than half of the Wizengamot Council. If it is to implement any major policy, it even needs the consent of more than 70% of the council members.

For example, in the UK before, Minister Budnor promoted the use of deadly spells on Death Eaters. It was considered a common policy, and more than half of the MPs agreed. After the mysterious man disappeared, the liquidation of Death Eaters and the search of wizard families were major policies. Need to get the support of more than 70% of the members.

Of course, rehabilitating Sirius is also a serious case due to the complexity of the incident and the great impact.

The bill to split Germany is of course a major strategy, so Minister Pete must at least get the consent of 70% of the German Wizengamot members before the bill can be passed.

It stands to reason that such an outrageous bill is impossible to pass.

But the final result is that such an outrageous bill was actually successfully signed under the efforts of Minister Pete!
Moreover, two splitting bills have been passed by the Ministry of Magic. One of them is to separate the Floo network of East and West Germany. East Germans cannot directly reach West Germany through the Floo network and must pass through the Ministry of Magic.

Another bill is to separate the 'Dudden House' with a wall in the middle, dividing it in half like the Berlin Wall.

The so-called 'Dudden House' is somewhat similar to Diagon Alley in the UK and the Karahei Bazaar in Egypt, which belongs to the trade center of the German wizarding world.

It's just that Germany is quite special. It actually concentrates the market in one building, just like the department store in the Muggle society.

And because the current Duden House is located within the scope of East Germany, wizards in West Germany had to transfer through the Ministry of Magic if they wanted to go shopping in Duden House. Therefore, the German Ministry of Magic passed another bill to divide Duden House into two. Draw to the range of West Germany, and allow the wizards of West Germany to reach this part directly through the Floo network.

So now, after several years of hard work, Minister Pete has successfully split the transportation and business centers of Germany.

According to Fushahui, Minister Pete plans to raise funds to build a "Sidduden Building" in West Germany, so that there will be a commercial center on both sides, and the current Duden Building does not need to be physically divided.

And after splitting transportation and commerce, Minister Pete seems to be considering splitting the German Ministry of Magic into two, and in the end will directly turn Germany into two countries.

After listening to Fushahui's narration, Anduin couldn't find any other adjectives to describe Germany other than outrageous in his mind.

He had never seen a Minister of Magic who was keen on splitting the country. This Minister Pete made Anduin frown. The behavior of this person made him feel very wrong.

Not even him, but the entire Wizengamot in Germany is very strange. They can pass the secession bill, which is really off the charts.

And after such absurd things happened, the civilian wizards in Germany naturally couldn't sit still. They usually didn't respond to those separatist behaviors, and that was because it didn't have any impact on their lives.

And those separatists had a lot of fun, and they were also expressing their dissatisfaction in disguise, so they occasionally supported these separatist organizations.

But the premise is not to really split. Those ordinary wizards didn't even have the slightest precaution in their hearts, and the splitting bill was passed inexplicably, which made those ordinary wizards very dissatisfied.

Co-author If I live in East Germany and work in West Germany, I have to go to the Ministry of Magic for a transit, right?Isn't that a waste of my two Sickles?
It costs a wizard two Sickles to use the Floo Network each time, and a quarter of it will fall into the hands of the Ministry of Magic. As a transportation tax, this is also a large part of the Ministry of Magic's financial revenue.

So in the eyes of many ordinary wizards, this is the Ministry of Magic using the split bill to make money in disguise, because after the bill was passed, the Ministry of Magic gained more revenue from the fees of the Floo network.

Therefore, basically every day, people would come to the German Magical Transportation Department to make troubles at the Road Network Administration to vent their dissatisfaction.

At the same time, those commoner wizards also slowly opposed separatist behavior in newspapers and other media, and because of their opposition, this caused the separatist bill to fail to be further promoted in the past few years.

Otherwise, the Floo network has been separated for 5 years, and the split bill will be further promoted no matter what.

The current internal situation in Germany is very chaotic. General politicians in the Ministry of Magic headed by Pete, as well as some separatist organizations among the people, are trying to promote the secession bill and completely divide Germany into two parts.

However, a small number of senior officials in the Ministry of Magic, as well as a large number of ordinary people, strongly oppose the split, which has seriously affected their lives.

These two groups of people have been arguing violently recently. If this continues, it may turn into a violent conflict, or even worse, it may lead to a civil war.

But what made Anduin very puzzled was why most of the senior officials of the Ministry of Magic were on the side of the secessionists, while only a small number of senior officials and members of the Wizengamot opposed the secession.

Could the split bring any benefits to these officials, or is there something else hidden in it?
At the same time, among the non-governmental groups, the separatist side is obviously more organized. They will initiate and submit petitions in the name of the group, and publicize them on magic newspapers and magic radio stations.

The opposition faction is much looser. Most commoner wizards just swear a few words indignantly in their lives, and basically have no chance to speak out on the public platform. The kind that can't make it in one place.

"Unsurprisingly, behind these separatists are the Silver Spears who are supporting them. I don't know what their purpose is. If they still retain the ideology of the Saint Party, their goal should be to destroy the 'Secrecy Act' Ah, what's the matter with splitting in Germany?" Anduin muttered in puzzlement, it seems that the water in the German wizarding world is deeper than expected.

However, after learning about the local situation, Anduin also understood why Dumbledore, Minister Budnor, and Newt were so concerned about the situation here, and so eager to destroy the Silver Spear.

It seems that the Silver Spear's handwriting is much bigger than expected. They are not only doing smuggling now, but are preparing to subvert the regime indirectly. If they are allowed to succeed, Germany will also be divided.

It's just that Anduin still hasn't figured out how the other party did it.

(End of this chapter)