Hogwarts: Becoming a god from reselling fresh food

"The Prime Minister has been forced to resign as party leader, but will remain as Prime Minister for a period of time until the ruling party re-elects a new party leader and Prime Minister."

At the lakeside villa, Murphy sat in the corner and listened to an analyst speaking, "The chairman of the backbench '1922 Committee' has confirmed that the new party leader and prime minister will be announced on September 6. MPs who want to participate in the party leadership race , can be nominated by 20 members before this Wednesday to become a candidate."

"Mr. Patrick wants to be a candidate and theoretically we only have three days to prepare."

"But, in fact, we have been preparing for this for two months." Analysts said, "We have at least 40 supporters in the House of Commons, which can at least get us into the second or even third round."

As mentioned before, the British Parliament is a big quagmire. They seem to strongly believe in checks and balances. The opposition party checks the ruling party, and the parliament checks the prime minister. Even within the Conservative Party, there is a group of backbenchers who can remove and re-elect the party leader. .

Sometimes this kind of checks and balances can indeed play a role in allowing more opinions to be heard, but most of the time, it only creates a kind of chaos in which no one can do anything.

However, at this time, this chaotic system also became an opportunity for Murphy.

The Prime Minister resigned and the Conservative Party re-elected its leader. As a member of Parliament who was just elected this year, Patrick could just use this opportunity to gain some political prestige.

It is very difficult to be elected party leader immediately, but even just becoming a candidate is enough for Patrick to attract enough political capital.

Therefore, almost as soon as Murphy put people under control of the Prime Minister, he began to arrange for Patrick to win over connections and take over those MPs who were attracted to the former Prime Minister's tough style.

That's why analysts say they have been preparing for more than two months and have some supporters.

"With each additional round of elimination, Mr. Patrick's influence will increase a lot. If he can enter the last three rounds of voting, the new prime minister will definitely need to give up an important position in the cabinet in exchange for taking away Mr. Patrick's vote."

"Therefore, our goal is to hold on for as many rounds as possible at any cost."

…

After the election meeting, Murphy and Patrick came to the lake. "It's difficult to use magic to help directly with this matter. Every congressman represents a constituency. Everyone is fully exposed. There are countless eyes staring at them. Deviating too far from the logic of past behavior will arouse suspicion and they will be removed from the local council."

"So we have to take it step by step." Patrick said, "We still have time."

One of the core resources of politics is reputation.

As for the process of accumulating reputation, doing it too hastily can easily lead to backlash. Therefore, although magic still needs to be used, it must be more subtle and careful, and the whole process must comply with the procedures.

It is difficult for a pure person to become prime minister directly, but it is very reasonable for a former minister who has held important cabinet positions.

"But we still have some advantages." Murphy said, "I'm going to buy a few media outlets to build momentum for you."

Money is Patrick's important advantage.

The umbrella has almost unlimited money, and can help Patrick accumulate reputation faster by controlling the media.

Unfortunately, in this era, the Internet has just emerged, and mobile networks are still in the womb. The upper limit of the power of the media is not that big. If we wait for 30 years, it will not be impossible to directly ascend to the throne of Prime Minister through Twitter.

…

More than half a month later, Patrick was eliminated in the fourth round of voting. Michael Hurd, the favorite to become the next prime minister, promised to leave Patrick with a position in the cabinet as Minister of Health and Social Care.

This result was already very good. However, when the last round was over and Michael became Prime Minister, Patrick was not included in the cabinet list announced by him.

This kind of backstabbing is less common because he would directly lose those members of the party who had supported Patrick.

There must be some reason behind it.

…

"The new Prime Minister fired me on the first day he took office." One day later, Sidney Dawson, the wizard assigned by the Ministry of Magic to accompany the Muggle Prime Minister, came to report to Murphy, "I think he already knew that I He is a wizard, and he does not want to be influenced by a wizard."

"According to your previous instructions, if after revealing his identity to him, he does not accept the existence of the wizard, then control him forcefully..." Dawson said, "However, after I used the Soul Imperius Curse, I found that the other party seemed to Not affected at all, he even asked the guards to drive me out.”

Sidney Dawson once used the Imperius Curse to control the former Prime Minister. There is no problem with his ability, but a Muggle can resist the Imperius Curse?

"However, I have already put the things in the Prime Minister's study as you ordered."

…

Number 10 Downing Street.

The new prime minister, Michael Hurd, moved his family to the apartment.

After dinner, Michael walked to the Prime Minister's study room on the third floor.

After locking the door, Michael walked a few steps in the study, finally stopped, came to the bookshelf, reached out and opened a covered picture frame.

Pieta.

Michael knelt down in front of the portrait, clasped his hands in his fists, and prayed devoutly.

After a while, a burst of auspicious light came, and Michael saw a "miracle."

"Michael, I promised you protection from the devil, and I promised you the authority to be where you are now. Have I ever given you what you want?"

"Holy Mary, you have given me everything, and I will give it all to you."

"The protective umbrella." The Virgin's hazy and loving voice said, "It is the extension of the devil in the world. Destroy it and you will gain supreme glory."

"Yes, Holy Mother." Michael knelt down, his face full of piety, "But the umbrella is so powerful that even the former prime minister was framed by the devil, and even the beautiful country can't do anything about it..."

"Michael, don't be afraid of your enemies. You have countless brothers and countless sisters. They will all help you, your decrees will be unimpeded, and your will will be completely executed."

"Thank you for your help, Holy Mother, I will definitely complete this great cause for you!"

After a long time, the light dissipated. Michael still knelt and prayed for a long time. He called twice more before picking up the white cloth again and covering the portrait.

Then he moved the portrait to the wall so that it faced the wall.

Then, he picked up a phone on the desk and dialed a number, "Kenneth, as my legal advisor, I have some questions about business operations that I need to consult with you. If we have foreseen a huge group now, If the company is to be split up, how can I take the most valuable piece?”

After a while, Michael finished the phone call, put the portrait back to its original position, and then left the room.

But after he left, a black bird ornament on the bookshelf suddenly moved and disappeared instantly.

…

In Stoat Mountain, Murphy stretched out his hand and caught the sudden flash of lightning.

He closed his eyes.

All the sounds in that room were converted into electromagnetic signals and stored in the body of the petrified Lightning Crow. At this moment, they had all been translated by him.

"Sure enough, it's the statue of the Virgin." Murphy frowned, this guy was really haunted.

If he fails to use the president of the beautiful country, he will take action against the believers in the UK...

And relying on the huge number of followers of the Monotheistic Religion, this guy seemed to be able to escape at will. Murphy really didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

However, this prime minister does not seem to have the same heart as the Madonna.

Murphy smelled a familiar smell from him.

greedy.

While this guy is using Notre Dame to use him, he also wants to use Notre Dame's influence to achieve his own goals. Although they both have the same goal: destroying the protective umbrella, Notre Dame wants to use this to stop Murphy's progress.

But the Prime Minister wants to eat the legacy of the umbrella with the snake swallowing the elephant.

I have a huge appetite.

However, this is good.

If the opponent is really a saint who wants nothing, it is really difficult for him to attack, but he is too experienced to deal with such a guy.