"The minister's statement is very hasty!" When he arrived at Sir Barron's office, Alan Wilson heard the leader of the British Indian civil servants comment like this, "Not only is it deceptive to Indians, but if it spreads, it will also be harmful to people from other countries.
It is equally deceptive and creates a false impression of Indians."
"Yes, Sir Barron. But things have already happened!" Alan Wilson said that he still stood by Sir Barron and did not agree with the hasty statement of the Secretary of State for Indian Affairs. "We only understand Indians, not
A high-ranking minister."
"So these ministers who don't know what they are doing always jump out at critical moments to destroy the foundation of the empire. This is really annoying." Sir Barron had not finished criticizing the Minister of Indian Affairs, and finally sighed.
He said, "Wouldn't it be nice to just find a place to wander around, drink red wine, ride horses, and return home when the time comes? Just use some non-destructive words to fool the Indians. We are the professionals."
"Well, maybe the minister doesn't have the vocabulary we have, and the vocabulary we have, to be honest, may not be so attractive. Most of the documents issued are incomprehensible, and no one cares." Alan Wilson pondered for a moment.
He smiled bitterly and said, "This may be our weakness."
"The fact that they can't understand the documents issued and what we say is the biggest advantage in itself. In this way, most people will not understand how the country works. Since they don't understand, they can't make mistakes. Since there are no mistakes, the country will always
In reliable hands, there is no doubt that no one is more reliable than those of us who have spent our lives serving our country."
Reliable! Alan Wilson admitted that there is no better way to praise the life of a public servant than this word.
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. What are you here for?" Sir Barron ignored the hasty statement to the minister and asked Alan Wilson what brought him to his office.
"That's it, sir, it's about the issue of the discharge and return of British Indian soldiers." Alan Wilson took out a document about the return resettlement plan for veterans after the war. "The full version is too cumbersome. I
I won’t bring it over.”
"You should leave the complete version to the Congress Party." Sir Barron took out his glasses and said with a bad smile on his face, "What is the main plan? What are the considerations?"
"The main issue is land distribution. In principle, we prefer that the majority of the soldiers, especially the Hindu soldiers, can get land for resettlement." Alan Wilson said seriously, "To be honest, the land situation in North India can be said to be
It is very tense. There are too many people in the Ganges River Basin and there is not much land available for distribution, so the land distribution plan can be said to be very difficult."
"In principle, we have to give priority to Hindu soldiers and soldiers whose spoken language is Hindi. However, the land in the Ganges River Basin is tense. If allocated to these soldiers, it may cause unnecessary conflicts. So I want to consider sending these soldiers
The land was distributed to places outside the Ganges River Basin, such as the Indus River Basin, and the princely states in the south."
When Sir Barron heard this, he stopped flipping through the documents and chuckled, "I asked you why you were so kind all of a sudden and started to care about the welfare of the Indian soldiers who returned home. It turned out that this was your intention."
"Oh, dear Lord Barron, the war is over. In order to reduce the burden on British India, it is not a mistake to send some soldiers back home. However, the overpopulation in our hometown will cause conflicts and the consequences are not what we want to see.
Yes, so dispersal is a very good method. I am completely selfless and consider the life of the soldiers after they retire."
"But the advantage is that this can weaken the military strength of a large part of the Indians. During the war, the Indian army expanded to 2.75 million. Now that the war is over, it is indeed worrying." Sir Barron put down the document, but
Still somewhat hesitant, he asked, "Will the country agree?"
"Most of the princely states are just larger landowners and have little ability to resist. As for the lords like the Hyderabad state, I am going to have a talk with them. This plan has already taken into account the issue of faith. This is what I think.
Yes, peace-teaching soldiers go to Hyderabad and Junagadh. Hindu soldiers have to identify their ethnic group. For example, Hindi soldiers can be sent to places with Tamils. They are all Hindus.
It’ll be no problem to get along.”
This is definitely not Alan Wilson's weakening of the Indian army, but considering that these soldiers fought bloody battles for the British Empire during the war, he could not let these soldiers fall into poverty after being discharged.
However, North India, especially the Ganges River Basin, has a large population and a small amount of land. There is not so much land to distribute, and difficulties exist objectively. Therefore, taking into account the objective difficulties, these soldiers were sent to Germany, which is relatively sparsely populated.
South of the dry plateau.
These are all carefully considered considerations, and the land should be distributed to every soldier to the greatest extent possible.
Of course, as a very diversified subcontinent, some ethnic-based troops must be retained, such as the Sikh regiments and home-based troops. In fact, these troops are very easy to distinguish. Just think back to the military parades in India in later generations.
Troops that wear all kinds of colorful and strange hats and make themselves flashy are generally exclusive troops based on various ethnic groups and hometowns.
The names of these exclusive troops often have the characteristics of their own nation or hometown. If you change it to Chinese, you will understand that the Hunan Army and the Sichuan Army are almost the same concept.
Changed to Indian names, they are: Rajaput Army, Punjab Army, Sikh Army, Maratha Light Infantry Army, Kumaang Army, Gurkha Army, etc.
In order to facilitate management, the British Indian troops organized battalions and units according to their ethnic groups and hometowns.
For the sake of diversity and giving priority to Hindi-speaking soldiers, these units will be retained in the second round of arrangements, which will be arranged after India's independence.
Naturally, this little thought could not be hidden from Sir Barron's eyes. He looked at Alan Wilson and asked, "How many do you want to reduce the number of Hindu soldiers? It can't be too obvious. My suggestion is that the national and
Choose one religion and don’t take into account both. To reduce the number of Hindi soldiers, you must also ensure that the Hindu soldiers are not weakened. People like Nehru are not stupid. Once you make too big a move, it will be easy to see."
"Yes, I still need Sir Barron's guidance." Alan Wilson lowered his head and asked, "How to do it more appropriately?"
"Well!" Sir Barron nodded, tapping his fingers on the table, "Retain the national troops south of the Deccan Plateau, reduce the size of the Hindustanis appropriately, single out the Hindustanis, and use the total number of peace cult soldiers to
The quantity is used as a reference and is reduced to a ratio of one to one. The total number of the entire Peace Christian soldiers regardless of ethnicity is consistent with the total number of Hindustan soldiers after the reduction. As for Bengalis and Tamils, all Hindu soldiers are counted.
You still have to be far ahead of the Peace Cult soldiers, otherwise you will be seen."
"If we carry out the work of organizing the return home according to this ratio, the number of Peace Sect soldiers must also be reduced, and the number of soldiers will be reduced simultaneously according to the proportion."
"According to, proportion, simultaneous reduction..." When Sir Barron was focusing on Alan Wilson, he saw Alan Wilson taking notes, and muttered again while writing.
Sir Barron wanted to laugh in his heart, but he also wanted to maintain his inscrutable character. He said with a sullen face, "Disarmament can only be done and cannot be publicized, so it is best to have other things to cover it. How about your New Culture Movement?"
Is it because the three cabinet ministers are here, so you want to postpone the implementation?"
"Yes, Sir Barron." Alan Wilson put the note away, looked at Sir Barron and said, "I have also discussed with the chief justice of the Supreme Court and believe that it is better to wait until the ministers leave before implementing it."
"Clark!" Sir Barron sighed, and then said, "You can do the harmless part first, such as being hygienic and loving cleanliness as a person. No matter what, it is wrong, right? Even Hinduism has the Ganges as a holy river.
River, the saying that washes away all sins in the world, first select the harmless parts of the New Culture Movement, give it a random name, such as the Clean India Movement, and let your media use Hindu scriptures as an introduction to advocate cleanliness and hygiene, and then in
Come bit by bit, wait until the ministers leave, and then proceed to the next step."
Seeing that the notes he had just tucked away were about to be taken out again, Sir Barron quickly sped up his speech and said, "By the way, our British treasure, Miss Vivien Leigh, has agreed to the Ministry of Interior's suggestion and is preparing to come to India to build momentum.
It's up to you, let every Indian, regardless of religion, take Vivien Leigh's dress and image as an example in their hearts, and think that this is the common situation in the UK."
"I'm looking to see if there are any films of Gone with the Wind." As expected, Alan Wilson no longer took out his notes, but was going to ask British India if there were any films by Vivien Leigh that could be played for free in theaters in various cities.
There should be some. After all, in such a large colony, it is impossible not to find the film of a famous movie.
Alan Wilson was not completely dazzled by beauty. He left the Governor's Mansion and went to the Supreme Court to discuss it with Chief Justice Clark.
Thousands of miles away, Vivien Leigh, who was determined to become the spokesperson of the British Empire and establish a civilized and prosperous image of the British Empire, had already set off despite the opposition of her husband. As she said before, "I can also talk, and I can also be patriotic."