Bones took the envelope with some curiosity, took out the letter inside and read it. Her expression became gradually serious.
After reading the letter, she folded it up and put it away, closed her eyes and thought for a moment. Mafalda stood quietly aside, waiting for the minister's order.
Bones didn't let her wait any longer. After thinking for a moment, she opened her eyes. But the question she asked seemed to have nothing to do with the letter.
"How is the implementation of the communication channel with the dementors that I ordered to establish before? Is there any resistance?"
Although she didn't understand the minister's thoughts, Mafalda still answered honestly: "There is no resistance. The people in the ministry are still very supportive of the establishment of the new department, that is..."
"What is that?" Bones looked at Mafalda, a glint flashing in his eyes. Bones, who has been in the Ministry of Magic for many years, understands that important things often appear after turning words.
"The people below have some minor disputes over the ownership of this department. The Department of Magical Law Enforcement and the Department of Management and Control of Magical Creatures both want to take over this office. The Department of Management and Control of Magical Creatures believes that dementors are also a type of magical creatures, so they naturally belong to them.
Within the jurisdiction. The Department of Legal Enforcement believes that the Dementors are the guards of Azkaban and have a very close relationship with them... Both parties are reasonable, so there is a stalemate."
Bones instinctively wanted to assign this department to the Legal Enforcement Division. After all, having been the director for so many years, she had formed a conditioned reflex. But as soon as the idea came to her, she realized that she was no longer a legal enforcement officer.
The director of the department is now.
It is the instinct of an official to expand the management scope, staff and influence of his or her department as much as possible. But when the official becomes the head of the government, he or she will lose this instinct and be replaced by another instinct: balance
.
She didn't want an overly powerful department to appear under her command. The original Legal Enforcement Department was a bit of an eyesore in her eyes - she used this as a springboard to overthrow Fudge's rule, and she certainly didn't want the people below to follow suit.
As someone who had dealt with Tom, she knew very well how powerful the dementors were. If the Legal Enforcement Division obtained this power, she would not be able to sleep at night! She might be told as soon as she entered the office one day
I have retired due to health reasons.
If possible, she would of course hope that the minister would contact the dementors personally, but this was unrealistic - it would look too ugly.
So Bones thought about it for a while and made a decision.
"There is no doubt that Dementors are magical creatures, so a Dementor office should be established within the Department for the Management and Control of Magical Creatures... However, Azkaban, as an extremely important institution in the magical world, cannot be ignored... like this
, the Department of Magical Law Enforcement should also establish an Azkaban Liaison Office, hanging under the Auror Office. At the same time, the Office of the Minister of Magic should also select a special commissioner to station in places where dementors gather."
Bones quickly made a plan.
Mafalda:......
Good guy, Mafalda called him a good guy! She didn't expect that Minister Bones would be so conciliatory and forcefully split the Dementor's contact power into three parts, one part belonged to the Executive Department, and the other part belonged to magic.
The Department of Biological Management and Control also asked the Office of the Minister of Magic for some interference rights out of thin air. Minister Bones did it very skillfully by splitting it up and adding sand. He is worthy of being an old bureaucrat.
The advantage of this operation is of course the successful decentralization of power, so that these departments cannot be dominant. The disadvantages are also very obvious: several departments interact with each other, the efficiency is extremely low, and more wages are required.
But for Bones, these are not a problem. Gu Hu
But for Mafalda, who is responsible for budget coordination among various departments, this is a problem.
"Minister, what about the budget..." Mafalda looked embarrassed. Where could she squeeze out the salary of the other two agencies?
"Don't worry about the budget. There is currently only one person in the Dementor's Office and no salary is required - he will deal with the Ministry of Magic on behalf of the Dementors; the Azkaban Liaison Office will use the budget originally reserved. As for us here
Well... we already have salaries for the assistants and deputy ministers here, so what are you dreaming about if you want to receive double salaries? Just give them some foreign station allowances - the funds for the allowances come from the Azkaban Liaison Office
Squeeze a little out there."
Mafalda was amused by her minister. This was a blank slate! From the minister’s words, she got a very important message: the candidate for the director of the Dementor Office has been determined, and it does not seem to be the Ministry of Magic.
Internal officials.
"One more thing," Bones seemed to suddenly remember something, and added: "The department is newly established, and it is time to strike while the iron is hot. The special commissioner should move into Azkaban as soon as possible. The department has previously
The management is really too lax..."
Bones seemed to be talking about a trivial matter, but Mafalda, her long-time subordinate, immediately understood what she meant.
The minister is going to take action to eliminate dissidents!
Fudge is indeed gone, but he still has a lot of "old staff" left behind. These old staff are as annoying as stains on the carpet. But for various reasons, Bones can't fire them directly.
You can't even get rid of them right after taking office.
But now Bones, whose prestige had grown greatly during Operation Tornado over the Christmas period, could begin to remove these thorns in his side.
Going to Azkaban to be a special correspondent for the Ministry of Magic sounds like an extremely important job, but in fact it is a terrible job. Because the special correspondent has to deal with some difficult objects - they are "Chaos".
The representative of "evil" is the Dementor.
Life imprisonment in Azkaban is the most severe punishment in the wizarding world, and this special agent needs to live in Azkaban...
What's the difference between this and being sentenced to life imprisonment? Dementors don't care if you are good or bad, they only treat people as food. Here are two pieces of bread, who can tell which piece of bread is noble, even if
Bread is mean?
"I remember that Senior Deputy Minister Dolores didn't have any particularly urgent work on hand recently?" Bones pretended to ponder for two seconds, "How is this possible? She is an excellent wizard, and her idleness is for talents.
What a waste... Mafalda, go find her and come here. I want to put some more burden on her and entrust her with important responsibilities!
"Yes, Minister." Mafalda said respectfully.
She left the office and found Dolores Umbridge who took the initiative to work overtime in the Office of the Senior Undersecretary of Magic. Although she didn't have much work at hand, Umbridge had been working overtime so much lately that it was almost crazy. Most people
I've never seen her off work.
"Hello, the minister is looking for you." Mafalda had a harmless smile on her face.
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