some magical Hogwarts

Chapter 915 10 Downing Street

10 Downing Street,
Located in Westminster, London, England.

The entrance is the well known classic sign:
There is a black wooden door, a chandelier in front of the door, a lion head knocker on the door, and white Arabic numerals "10".

This is one of the most famous houses in England.

In addition to being the prime minister's official residence and office, the prime minister's secretaries, assistants and advisers all work here.

Downing Street 10 is the center of the British government and one of the power centers of politics.

However, few people know that [-] Downing Street is not actually the official residence of the Prime Minister, but the residence of the First Chancellor of the Exchequer.

However, since the [-]th century, the first chancellor of the exchequer has generally been concurrently held by the prime minister, and this place has become the official residence of the prime minister in a popular sense.

However, not all prime ministers are willing to live here before it becomes a symbol.

It is small in size, lacks maintenance for many years, and is built on swampy soil. Some prime ministers even suggested that it be razed.

At the most outrageous times, prostitutes appeared in this street from time to time.

In addition, law and order is also a big problem.

In 1843, Prime Minister Robert Peel's secretary was assassinated near 10 Downing Street.

There was also a funeral held here, and the corpse was buried for several days, and the rumors of haunting continued for a long time, which seemed unlucky.

If it's just these things, that's all. Anyway, if the decoration is more comfortable, you can barely move in, right?
But for a long time, Congress was unwilling to pay for repairs, and the Prime Minister had to pay for it out of his own pocket.

Even during the expansion process, the prime minister's private residence was moved to the small top floor... which was the former servant's room.

Shabby who? !
My Prime Minister Tangtang... Is this the only treatment? ! !
So, it's no wonder people don't want to live there.

Besides, if you pay for repairs yourself and live for a few years after stepping down, won't it be cheaper for the next prime minister?

Of course, not everyone wants to live here.

For example, William Ewart Gladstone insisted on moving in, and he even presided over the installation of the lights and telephones at No. 10 Downing Street.

In order to understand the sentiments of the people, Gladstone often took the young prostitutes from the neighborhood back to No. [-] Downing Street..."talking".

What is Chat?

Both injections and water drops, lying there is to fish with her, treated in a special way.

After the conversation is over, I naturally hope that they can... abandon prostitution and become good.

What a great prime minister!
However, successive prime ministers are unwilling to live here, and there is another crucial, but inhumane reason:
That is the office, there is a small oil painting.

Inside the frame was a small, frog-like man in a long silver wig.

Not only can he move around and leave the frame freely, but he is also the ... microphone for the ministers of the Ministry of Magic.

Whenever a minister visits, he will give advance notice.

However, every time the Minister of Magic came, he brought bad news.

That's right, the Minister would only show up if there was serious trouble in the wizarding world that might affect Muggles.

It's affecting Muggles... Any good news?
If this continues for many years, who can stand it? !
As the Prime Minister who succeeded Mrs Thatcher and moved into No. [-] Downing Street—John Major, he has been thinking of resigning recently.

Fudge has been here several times in the past few years, and every time he brings bad news, which makes him a little nervous.

However, he has not had time to retire. Today, oil painting speaks again.

To Major's surprise, it was not Minister Fudge who had visited several times, but two young men.

Looking at those two young, outrageous, wizards who could be his grandson and granddaughter... Major hesitated again and again, and still questioned:

"You two are really... wizards? You are so young, like students."

William is sitting on the sofa, holding a small dried fish, fighting wits with a cat.

Hermione sat next to him, carefully flipping through the pamphlet issued by the Ministry of Magic.

When William heard what the Prime Minister said, he turned his head and smiled:
"Students and wizards do not conflict, as if I am both a student... and a professor at the school."

He snapped his fingers, and the teacup on the table turned into a mouse.

The cat with black and white hair rushed out immediately, onto the desk, and hooked the mouse with one paw.

This is the difference. If it is bobo tea, let alone catching mice, even if you pass by it, you will not even look up.

And just six years ago, when Bobocha saw an owl delivering a letter for the first time, he immediately pounced on it.

After all, Mason was the prime minister, and he had seen Fudge perform magic, so he barely calmed down when William performed magic.

After confirming that the young boy is really a wizard, he boldly said:
"Humphrey is a workaholic, he will not let a mouse go."

That's right, the cat's name is Humphrey.

It is a civil servant cat who only eats imperial food and has a decent staff.

10 Downing Street has a long history and is too large. It has always been infested with rats, which has caused headaches for successive prime ministers.

In 1924, the then Prime Minister MacDonald brought "Bill" into 10 Downing Street, and the first chief mouser was born since then.

As each rat catcher gets old, or is fired for being lazy, a new rat catcher takes over.

Therefore, there is the name of the British Prime Minister who is running water, and the rat-catching minister of iron.

Humphrey was originally a stray cat, wandering around 10 Downing Street, and was finally adopted by Mrs Thatcher.

And the name comes from her favorite cabinet secretary.

Seeing that William liked Humphrey very much, Major approached him and said:

"It eats too many cookies, and its kidney is not very good. Don't feed it cookies. You can try dried meat. I have some here."

Major took jerky from a drawer and handed it to William.

Then he squatted down slightly flatteringly, and accompanied the young wizard, squatting in the corner... stroking the cat.

William wasn't nervous at all, and chatted with him naturally.

He has contacted seven ministers, sent two to prison, and even talked and laughed with two Dark Lords... A British Prime Minister is nothing.

Major tentatively asked, "Can you delay the meeting with the Minister?

In a moment, I'm going to speak to Clinton... You know Clinton, don't you? "

The prime minister obviously regarded wizards as people isolated from the world.

"The call can be rescheduled." William said without thinking. "This meeting is very important and has a bearing on the security of the UK."

"Alright then...but I probably know what Clinton wants to tell me." Major gloated a little.

"He hasn't had a good time recently. The United States seems to be quite chaotic."

Major didn't have much experience in dealing with wizards, so he was going to find a topic to chat about first.

He also prepared the topic of Clinton and Bush, ready to show off his ability to be prime minister.

William couldn't help but want to laugh, he slandered in his heart:

"Your future will be more difficult than Clinton."

The war has begun... and there will be all kinds of situations that Muggles can't understand.

If there are too many times, the public will definitely question the ability of the Major government.

If the war lasts for a long time, Major will definitely be ousted.

Major chatted with William for a while longer, looking a little disappointed when he heard that the girl reading the brochure was his girlfriend.

His granddaughter is about the same age as William, and he also wants her to marry a wizard, so that he can find out about the situation in the wizarding world.

It's a pity that this handsome and gentle guy... already has a girlfriend.

"By the way, what is Minister Fudge looking for me this time?" Major asked.

"It's not that Fudge is looking for you, he has stepped down and gone to prison." William laughed.

Major was taken aback... All the top leaders went to prison? !

The wizard's political struggle is a bit scary, isn't it?

It's like a fight with the barbarians in South Korea...too careless.

However, Major's sense of superiority came again, and it seemed that Fudge...was just mediocre.

He suddenly looked down on this colleague, at least he would not go in, nor would he be impeached.

"What crime did Fudge commit? By failing to catch that criminal named Black the Little Gray Wolf?"

Major remembered that four years ago, Fudge had suddenly appeared, saying that "Little Wolf" Blake had escaped from prison, and making him wanted on the news.

William almost laughed out loud, and couldn't help correcting, "It's Sirius."

"But he's innocent," he explained:
"Fudge's resignation has nothing to do with this incident. He has done a lot of wrong things, and he has more crimes, and he can't explain it clearly for a while."

Major grew wary.

The new minister is a ruthless character. It doesn't count to get the predecessor out of power, and he has collected a lot of crimes.

"Is that new minister of yours so powerful?" Major inquired, "Is it difficult to get along with?"

"No, Mrs. Burns is very nice and easy to get along with. And..." William smiled:

"Fudge's being put in prison has nothing to do with Mrs. Burns. I got it in."

Looking at William's harmless face, Major's hand that was still on his shoulder stiffened suddenly.

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(End of this chapter)