Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 355 The Gentry Donate First

In August, the British Parliament passed a motion of no confidence. The Conservative Party attempted to change the government again by replacing the cabinet, but an enraged mob stormed the chamber. Ultimately, Parliament had to decide to call a new general election.

In September, the House of Commons won all the major constituencies in succession, defeating the Conservative Party and the Labour Party by a landslide, becoming the sole winner in the UK general election and holding 80% of the seats in Parliament.

As the leader of the People's Party, Patrick was the natural choice to become the new prime minister.

Upon taking office, Patrick immediately initiated the drafting of the constitution.

As the first constitutional monarchy, Great Britain surprisingly does not have a complete "constitution".

Its so-called constitution is a series of laws and cases starting from the Magna Carta. Many of these laws have lost their applicability and are outdated in their wording. However, to avoid trouble, the British have always adopted a "not abolishing but not using" approach, operating these laws in a certain conventional "custom" form.

What the British had failed to accomplish for centuries would have been extremely difficult for Patrick to do, but with Murphy's help, a large number of wizards entered Parliament, effectively conveying the Prime Minister's will from the Cabinet to Parliament, and successfully pushing it down through Parliamentary officials.

As a result, just over three months later, a constitutional code was produced.

Some parts of this law seem outrageous to many conservative Britons, such as abolishing the governing power of all parties except the People's Party, meaning that in the future, only the People's Party will govern Britain.

If Parliament is to routinely only be responsible for legislation in the future, and the Prime Minister will continue to serve after the election period ends, Parliament will have virtually no power to impeach or interfere.

This is still the first version.

Subsequently, Patrick prepared a second version, which didn't even bother with pretense. It proposed abolishing the so-called monarchy and the House of Lords, transforming Great Britain from a constitutional monarchy into a presidential system.

When the first version of the constitution was released, there were bound to be dissenting voices. But Patrick immediately declared a state of war, imposed restrictions on public opinion and demonstrations, and at the same time used the media to vigorously promote the new constitution's strengthening and clarification of the people's rights.

At the same time, the government quickly began to introduce policies, such as investing heavily in health, education, and infrastructure construction. As for funding, it drastically cut various tax avoidance policies and imposed heavy taxes on the top 10% of the wealthiest people, especially the top 1%.

As for whether this will lead to capital flight, it doesn't matter. Let them run, the protection system is big enough to absorb the market they leave behind.

More than a month after declaring a state of war, Britain did something that astonished the world: it allied with the Soviet Union.

In fact, the Anglo-Soviet alliance had many benefits for both sides.

First, Great Britain could gain a certain degree of autonomy by relying on the Soviet Union's strong military power, and at least would no longer be constrained by the United States in terms of military and national security.

Secondly, British manufacturing was still very prosperous at this time. As a long-established industrial country, Britain's light industry was much stronger than that of the Soviet Union, which could help improve the lives of the Soviet people and boost the Soviet market.

Finally, as two important components of Murphy's plan, after the alliance, Murphy can coordinate his efforts, rationally allocate resources, and gradually expand the application of magic within both countries, hoping to achieve more results while promoting the development of both countries.

……

10 Downing Street.

Murphy circled around the area, eventually returning to the tea table.

"How does it feel to be Prime Minister, Mr. Patrick?" Murphy teased.

"Busy, too busy... If my family hadn't moved here, I wouldn't even have time to see Ares every day," Patrick sighed. "And I can sense that many people want to get rid of me. Are we taking too big a step?"

"Time waits for no one, Patrick," Murphy sighed. "The time we have to develop freely may not be long."

"What do you mean?" Patrick frowned.

"The existence of magic cannot be hidden for long. Soon, more competitors outside our alliance will participate in magical research. The good days of expanding our territory in this virgin land are only now. Therefore, we must take advantage of the fact that those guys haven't arrived yet to expand our territory as much as possible and stay ahead."

"No wonder you seem to have become much more aggressive lately."

Murphy gave a wry smile. Whether it was killing a hundred or so wizards from the Wizarding Union, provoking a local war between Britain and the United States, or putting Patrick in power, amending the constitution, or forming an alliance between Britain and the Soviet Union, these were all decisions with far-reaching and significant implications. However, he didn't have time to consider them thoroughly before he did them.

Of course, this was part of the reason he told Patrick.

But for him, there was actually an even more important concern.

Gods.

The breach of the secrecy law is a historical inevitability.

The development of Muggles will inevitably squeeze the living space of wizards step by step. Unless wizards follow Grindelwald's old path of "Tartars" and slaughter, conquer, and tame the "other races," that is, Muggles, into harmless slaves, magic will eventually be discovered by Muggle society.

While Murphy's choice was selfish to some extent, it conformed to this inevitable historical trend. In this sense, he even chose the way that was most beneficial to humanity as a whole and caused the least harm.

However, the consequences of violating the secrecy law, or rather, the consequences of breaking the "Blessing of Loyalty," could bring about a terrible enemy.

That is the divine.

Both Dumbledore and the Virgin Mary have made this consequence clear enough.

His path to godhood through the combination of science and magic is still far off; he's only just begun, not even halfway up the mountain yet, and he's already facing off against true gods. Although Murphy was mentally prepared, he still felt somewhat helpless.

That's just how it is; the enemy won't wait until you reach the maximum level before attacking.

But if the enemy is strong, should we just give up the battle?

They continue to shrink back, close themselves off from the world, restrict themselves, castrate themselves, and reset themselves to zero, living out their lives in this cradle, blind and deaf.

Many people might be able to do it, maybe even the British.

But Murphy can't.

That's not his path.

Of all the experiences and lessons his true ancestors left him, none was more bloody and naked than this. It was something that had penetrated deep into his soul: in the face of threats, compromise and concession would only bring more bullying and humiliation; only by fighting could one survive and win dignity.

Therefore, he had no hesitation about his direction.

However, he didn't know how long it would take for the enemy to arrive, so he had to make the most thorough preparations possible before then.

“Patrick,” Murphy said, “it’s time for Umbrella to venture into the military field. They suffered a loss this time with the United States. Look, they even lost track of such a big missile. How can this be acceptable? What if they bomb Downing Street next? What if they bomb Buckingham Palace? It’s only natural to take this opportunity to conduct some military technology research and development and carry out a few large-scale defense projects.”

"..." Patrick was somewhat amused and exasperated. Wasn't that what you did, young master? What else could you do to me?

"But... military spending..."

"You can collect taxes from the protection agencies as much as you want," Murphy said with a wave of his hand, then added, "but we can't just tax the protection agencies; we can raise the tax rates for high-profit industries as well."

"Don't worry, if you raise taxes, the Umbrella Corporation will be the first to support you." The wealthy and powerful will donate first, that's what they do.

Patrick rolled his eyes. So they take the taxes from the Umbrella Corporation, then resell it and send it back under the guise of defense procurement?

As for the other companies, the profits are naturally split 30/70.

"how?"

"wonderful!"

(End of this chapter)