Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 433: Friends and Foes within the Ministry of Magic
“Well then,” Tyella said, closing her handbook the instant the bell rang, “we’ve finished our Muggle Studies class just in time.”

In this lesson, Thierra devoted a significant portion to explaining the basic principles of capitalism, only briefly mentioning the Paris Commune.

After all, this was only the first proletarian regime in human history, lasting only two months, and it wasn't a key focus of the postgraduate entrance exam in politics. Tiera had only briefly memorized the reasons for its failure.

Because the French working class was politically immature at the time, the Commune did not press its advantage and advance on the counter-revolutionary stronghold of Versailles after the revolution, nor was its suppression of bourgeois counter-revolutionary activities resolute enough.

In the war with Versailles, the Commune lacked a unified military command center and adopted the wrong strategy.

In addition, the Paris Commune failed to recognize the importance of uniting the peasants, failed to establish a worker-peasant alliance, and lacked an authoritative leadership core within itself. It wasted a lot of time and energy on sectarian struggles, which weakened the revolutionary forces.

Of course, the fundamental reason was that the French proletariat at that time lacked the objective conditions to achieve revolutionary victory.

In early 70s France, capitalism was still in its youth, small-scale production still held an absolute advantage, and the economy was not yet mature enough to eradicate the capitalist mode of production.

To put it simply, the economic base determines the superstructure. At that time, the economic base was not in place, so the superstructure could not be established.

So in a sense, not much of the Thierrand survived in the belly of the Paris Commune.

However, the Paris Commune was an unavoidable milestone in the establishment of proletarian power.

"That's all for today's lesson," Tierra said with a smile. "Now, let's talk about the homework."

“In this lesson we talked about capitalism and the utopianism of the Paris Commune,” Thierra said. “Although the Paris Commune was the first proletarian regime, it only existed for a short two months. So we have two assignments.”

"First, please explain the meaning of the statement 'The economic base determines the superstructure' based on what we have learned in this lesson."

"Second, please analyze the reasons for the failure of the Paris Commune. Please discuss the reasons from three aspects: subjective reasons, objective reasons, and fundamental reasons."

“If anyone doesn’t know how to write it,” Tiera said with a smile, “they can go to the library to look up information. I bought a batch of relevant books before the start of this semester, and they’re in the seventh to fifteenth rows of Section A of the library.”

"Besides that," Tiera smiled slyly, "I know everyone has been very busy with schoolwork lately, so I don't have many requirements for the assignments. The two questions should not exceed two sides of a sheet of parchment, but no matter how much you write, you must give a clear explanation of your reasoning."

“At the same time…hehe…” Tiera chuckled, then said, “I heard that Professor Umbridge, who teaches Defense Against the Dark Arts, has recently assigned a ton of meaningless copying assignments?”

“Then I think it’s appropriate for me, as the Headmaster of Hogwarts, to exercise my authority as Headmaster,” Tyella said. “If any student doesn’t want to do their Defense Against the Dark Arts assignments, they don’t have to—”

The little wizards in the hall cheered instantly—

Even the young wizards at the Slytherin table were no exception.

"Alright, alright, everyone, quiet down." Tiera waved her hand with a smile. "Also, if any of you don't like Umbridge's Defense Against the Dark Arts class, you don't have to attend. That's my prerogative as the headmaster, and I've given your permission—"

"Oh—oh—whoosh—!" Tierra's words were once again interrupted by the cheers of the young wizards.

After the cheers subsided, Tierra continued:

"Of course, the premise is that I hope you will have a certain degree of self-discipline. Our students in the fifth grade and above will face two exams: OWLs and NEWT."

"The results of these two exams will affect your degrees after graduation, so for your future, I hope that even if you don't take the Defense Against the Dark Arts course, you will still study it diligently on your own," Tierra added.

“Alright then,” Tierra clapped her hands and said, “get out of class dismissed. But judging by the time, everyone can enjoy lunch without having to move.”

As Tierra spoke, she stepped down from the podium and prepared to leave the auditorium.

As she was leaving, Tyrell suddenly turned back and smiled at the young wizards of Hogwarts, saying:

"Then, my lovely students, enjoy this lunch that you've obtained by exploiting our domesticated elves!"

After saying that, Tyella lifted the hem of her wizard's robe and hurriedly ran back to the principal's office.

He could already imagine how awful Hermione and her ilk would be eating lunch.

Hey, Tierra is just having fun.

After leaving the auditorium and disappearing from the sight of most teachers and students, Tierra crossed a portal of light, traversed space, and arrived at the principal's office.

This office now belongs to Tiera—temporarily, of course.

Frustrated by the Ministry of Magic's incompetent allies, Dumbledore desperately wanted someone to take the fall and help him deal with the minions sent by the Ministry.

And Tierra—

Then one needs Dumbledore's status, reputation, and power to promote one's ideas and increase one's influence.

An old fox and a young fox, two people of the same ilk, joined forces and hit it off immediately.

Dumbledore could take the opportunity to step back and let the young Tyrell handle the infighting.

Tyrell, on the other hand, can use Dumbledore's position to complete her own cosmic reforms.

"Today's lesson was excellent," an elderly voice exclaimed as Tiera stepped into the principal's office, accompanied by applause.

Dumbledore—

In the original version, Dumbledore sat behind his desk, tending to his palms.

“Thank you, Headmaster Dumbledore,” Tierra said with a smile and a nod. “What brings you back today?”

“I heard you have class today, so I came to listen in. We can also learn something from the young people’s thinking,” Dumbledore said. “By the way, the black tea at Flamel’s place is really not to my taste, so I came to get a can of tea.”

“It seems you’re doing quite well over there,” Tyella said, pulling out a chair to sit opposite Dumbledore. “You don’t need to worry about things here; everything is under control.”

"Really?" Dumbledore asked, brewing himself a pot of black tea. "Are you really sure everything is under control?"

"Although Dolores Umbridge was forced into the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor by the Ministry of Magic," Dumbledore said, "she is still the Senior Undersecretary of the Ministry of Magic. The Ministry of Magic will not let it go if you punish a Senior Undersecretary of the Ministry of Magic in public."

“It’s Cornelius Fudge who won’t let this go, not the Ministry of Magic. With your intelligence network, you must know how much Dolores Umbridge is hated within the Ministry, right?” Tiera said with a smile. “The Ministry of Magic isn’t all a hindrance. Our primary task is to distinguish who our enemies are and who our friends are.”

"Do you really think everyone in the Ministry of Magic believes you're lying? Don't they all believe Voldemort is back?" Tierra retorted. "The ones who are truly against us are the bureaucratic group led by Cornelius Fudge, who only care about their own interests and disregard the truth and the lives and property of the vast majority of people in the wizarding world, the Death Eaters hiding within the Ministry of Magic, and the opportunistic followers."

“As for the others, they either continue to believe in you or are still rationally observing,” Tierra said. “The Ministry of Magic will definitely impose sanctions on ‘Dumbledore,’ which is exactly the effect I want.”

"My tough stance at the Wizengamot court was meant to serve as a warning to opportunistic followers and rational Ministry of Magic officials who were observing the situation."

“The Ministry of Magic can’t function without you, Dumbledore!” Tierra added at the end. “So they will definitely impose sanctions, but not too severe, because the moderates will definitely obstruct them. At this time, Headmaster Dumbledore, I think you should start mobilizing your inside contacts in the Ministry of Magic to distinguish who the stupid bureaucrats are, who the Death Eaters are, who the bandwagoners are, and who the moderates are.”

“We can leave the rationalists alone for now. But for the other groups, I think the Order of the Phoenix can start gathering evidence against them,” Tierra said with a smile. “Once this semester ends, I’ll find a way to force Voldemort to reveal himself, and then we can begin the purge of the Ministry of Magic.”

"Brilliant!" Dumbledore exclaimed, clapping his hands. "It's quite remarkable that you could come up with such a solution at your age, but you still have a small flaw."

“What?” Tierra asked.

"What if there are no rational people in the Ministry of Magic as you claim, or... what if those rational people are too weak to overturn the disciplinary decision made by the foolish bureaucracy?" Dumbledore asked. "What if they are really prepared to impeach me, expel me, or even imprison me in Azkaban? What would you do then?"

“Then congratulations to them,” Tiera said with a smile. “They will witness history. They will witness the Black King and the White King joining forces, and two genius wizards rising from the icy land of Nurmengard.”

"Their great cause, which died a hundred years ago, will be restarted at this point in time by those foolish politicians."

"Their footprints will cross the ocean and Europe, and tread every inch of land."

"Their saints will raise a red banner that blots out the sky for them."

"The red spark will spread throughout the world, and the spark will ignite the entire universe!"

“The forces are on our side, Headmaster Dumbledore,” Tyella said with a smile. “The forces are on our side, we always have a way out, we always have a way out.”

"If we give up entirely, we'll win even faster."

(End of this chapter)