British Civil Servant

v1 Chapter 3: World 's richest man

It is only now that Sir Barron realizes how important it is to help the younger generation and add fresh blood to the British Empire's civil service system. This is also for the sake of political stability.

Alan Wilson has his own understanding that British India is the jewel in the crown of the empire in every way. More important than Canada, Australia, even the thirteen states of North America, and all other British colonies.

As for any colony under its jurisdiction, it cannot be compared with British India from any point of view. It is simply the loss of British India and the comfort of the British.

The reason why I say this is because British India has a huge size, and even relying on its own advantages in area, resources and population, its economic aggregate and important economic indicators have surpassed that of modernized Japan, and it is the first in Asia and farther away. far superior to other imperial entities.

During the First World War, at the same time, the fiscal revenue of the British and Indian governments was one billion rupees, about 100 million pounds, about half of the British mainland, basically the same as the Japanese government, and far more than Canada, Australia, South Africa and other entities.

This also takes into account the Anglo-German naval competition and the result of the local British gritting their teeth and raising taxes. In peacetime, the financial revenue of British India is an indispensable part of the British Empire.

This led to the fact that the status of British India was extremely important. Except for Napoleon's brief time, the United Kingdom worked hard in Europe. In almost all the time of the nineteenth century, the United Kingdom formulated policies for the security of British India, whether it was Attacking Burma or going north to Afghanistan is for this.

If it weren't for 1945, Alan Wilson would have reason to believe that the civil servants in the United Kingdom would definitely have worked tirelessly across the ocean to work in India. This is a colony after all, and they don't have to endure the various checks and balances of the United Kingdom and work in a colony. You can enjoy the treatment of a superior person.

Therefore, Sir Barron has indeed given Alan Wilson a great convenience. If he goes back a few decades, it can even be said that he can directly reach the sky in one step, saving twenty years of struggle.

But now it is different. Alan Wilson understands that British India, the crown jewel of the empire, is about to break away from the control of the British Empire. Now he must use the little time left to accumulate as much qualifications and wealth as possible. Nor is it easy.

As for the position of Hyderabad, he was ready to accept it without saying a word. Although it was a territorial state and it belonged to the area under indirect British rule, it also had great advantages in it. Just like the monarch of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan.

The popularity of this person is world-wide, because in 1937 he was rated as the world's richest man by the United States. Hyderabad will become a starting point for Alan Wilson's future career. He hopes it will be smoother.

Alan Wilson left the Governor's House because Sir Barron had made it clear that it was always easier for him to recruit a few assistants of his own, with the help of those he could trust.

Before leaving, Alan Wilson was still carrying a briefcase, and listening to Sir Barron said that it contained the examination questions of British Indian civil servants, which made Wei Lun Wilson sigh.

But after thinking about it, he felt relaxed. It was much smoother than he thought before. Being able to get the position of Commissioner in Hyderabad is already a bonus, and he can't ask for too much.

Taking the bus home and opening the test paper, in fact, I can already see some of the real environment in British India right now. The relationship between the Muslim League and the Congress Party, as well as the British Indian province and the native states, are all issues that the Governor's Office needs to solve at present.

On the other hand, Sir Barron is persuading Governor Wavell about the Commissioner of Hyderabad.

"A child who can be said to be a genius, if not for the outbreak of war, maybe the youngest person admitted to Oxford University in recent years, but still a little too young." Governor Wavell frowned and asked, "Let him do it. Commissioner Hyderabad, did it start too smoothly?"

"On the contrary, Mr. Governor, the Commissioner of Hyderabad is more suitable. It is different to put it in the province and in the state. The monarch of Hyderabad is the distinguished guest of London. According to the agreement between us and the state, the We can't put too much power in Hyderabad, and we can't do it now. British India is already busy with 100,000 civil servants. For a state with such a strong power in Hyderabad, we need to maintain the status of commissioner , At the same time, we can't go too far, and one-sided interference will also make the monarch of Hyderabad dissatisfied, so Alan is just right." Sir Barron opened his mouth eloquently and went around, just to make it clear that Alan Wilson did The commissioner in Hyderabad is the most suitable, not the second choice.

The direction of the war is already very obvious, and the Axis bloc has come to a dead end, but from the perspective of British India, the future direction is still unknown, whether British India will continue to be under British rule in the future, or will it be directly independent.

Governor Wavell and Sir Barron, of course, understand that far away London is also quarreling fiercely over the question of British India, and in this matter, not only the Soviet Union, but also another comrade-in-arms, the United States, who is fighting side by side, even in some kind of war. To a certain extent, the United States is more dangerous than the Soviet Union. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

For the 100,000 civil servants of British India, the future is still uncertain, and not even Governor Wavell and Sir Barron, the Governor General of British India and the chief civil servants of British India, can guarantee their words on the matter right.

Under such uncertainty, Sir Barron himself can't see the future, and small unreasonable arrangements are no longer a big deal.

In the middle of the night, while Alan Wilson was still answering questions, Sir Barron's last paper asked about supporters of British Indian rule, and after a long reflection, he wrote, "The untouchables, and more than five hundred The monarch of a native country, the Congress and the Muslim League are the two opponents, and Nehru and Ali Jinnah are just different methods."

"The Congress party represented by Nehru wants to take over all the rights of the entire British India, while the Muslim League headed by Ali Jinnah does not want to live in the same country as the Hindus. It's the same for the government, but it's different for the pacifists and the Hindus, it's a conflict between the Muslim League and the Congress."

"Under the rule of British India, the untouchables have certain rights. As for the monarchs of more than 500 native states, they are happy to maintain their current status. On the contrary, they have doubts about the Congress Party and the Muslim League. When I went to Hyderabad, my mission was to make the monarch of Hyderabad the support of British India.”

"Mir Osman Ali Khan has the most powerful strength among many Indian states, and he is also a pacifist, a minority in the whole of India, even in the state of Hyderabad, believe Mir Osman. Ali Khan is very willing to maintain a peaceful relationship with London."

Who is the enemy and who is the friend has always been a very important question.