Only now did Sir Barron feel how important it was to support younger generations and add fresh blood to the civil service system of the British Empire. This was also for the sake of political stability.
Alan Wilson has his own understanding. British India is the jewel in the crown of the empire in every aspect. It is more important than Canada, Australia, even the earlier thirteen states of North America, and even all other British colonies.
As for any colony currently under its jurisdiction, it cannot be compared with British India from any angle. It is just the self-comfort of the British that they have lost British India.
The reason why I say this is because British India is huge. Even relying on its own area, resources and population advantages, its economic aggregate and important economic indicators have surpassed modern Japan, ranking first in Asia, and even further.
Far superior to other imperial entities.
During World War I, at the same time, the fiscal revenue of the British and Indian governments was one billion rupees, about 100 million pounds, which was about half of the British mainland. It was basically the same as the Japanese government, and far exceeded entities such as Canada, Australia, and South Africa.
This was due to the naval competition between Britain and Germany, and the local British gritting their teeth and raising taxes. In peacetime, the fiscal revenue of British India was an indispensable part of the British Empire.
This resulted in the extremely important status of British India. Except for Napoleon's short period of time, Britain was working hard in Europe. For almost all the time in the 19th century, Britain formulated policies for the security of British India, whether it was
Attacking Burma or going north to Afghanistan are all for this reason.
If it were not 1945, Alan Wilson has reason to believe that British civil servants would have worked tirelessly across the ocean to work in India. This was a colony after all, and they did not have to endure various checks and balances from the British mainland. Working in a colony
You can enjoy the treatment of being superior to others.
Therefore, Sir Barron has indeed given Alan Wilson great convenience. If we go back a few decades, it can even be said that he directly rose to the top in one fell swoop, saving twenty years of hard work.
But things are different now. Alan Wilson understands that British India, the crown jewel of the empire, is about to escape the control of the British Empire. Now he must use the little time left to accumulate qualifications and wealth as much as possible.
It's not easy either.
Regarding the position of Hyderabad, he was ready to accept it without saying a word. Although it was a princely state and was indirectly ruled by the British, it also had very great advantages. For example, the monarch of Hyderabad, Mir Osman
·Ali Khan.
This man is famous all over the world, because he was rated as the richest man in the world by the United States in 1937. Hyderabad will be the starting point for Alan Wilson's future career, and he hopes it will be smoother.
Alan Wilson left the Government House because Sir Barron had explained that he could recruit a few assistants himself, and the work would always be easier if he was helped by people he trusted.
Before leaving, Alan Wilson still carried a document bag. Sir Barron said that it contained assessment questions for civil servants in British India. This made Wilson sigh. Is the exam still unavoidable?
But when he thought about it, he felt relaxed. This was much smoother than he had thought before. Being able to get the position of Commissioner of Hyderabad was already an extra blessing and he couldn't ask for too much.
When I took the bus home and opened the test paper, I could actually tell something from the paper about the current real environment of British India. Regarding the relationship between the Muslim League and the Congress Party, as well as the relationship between the British Indian provinces and the princely states, the current Governor-General
problems that the government needs to solve.
On the other side, Sir Barron is persuading Governor Wavell about the Hyderabad Commissioner.
"A child who can be said to be a genius. If the war had not broken out, he might have been the youngest person to enter Oxford University in recent years. However, he is still a bit 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 appropriate. There is a difference between being placed in a province and being placed in a princely state. The monarch of Hyderabad is a distinguished guest in London. According to the agreement between us and the princely states,
We cannot put too much power in Hyderabad, and we can't do that now. British India already has enough to keep a hundred thousand civil servants busy. For a princely state like Hyderabad, where the power is so strong, we need to maintain the status of the commissioner.
"At the same time, we cannot go too far. One-sided interference will also make the monarch of Hyderabad dissatisfied, so it is just right for Allen to go." Sir Barron spoke eloquently, going around and around, just to make a point, Allen Wilson did
The commissioner from Hyderabad is the most suitable, and we will not be the second choice.
The direction of the war has become very obvious, and the Axis Powers group has reached its end. However, 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 directly independent.
Of course, Governor Wavell and Lord Barron understood that distant London was also having a fierce argument over the issue of British India. In this matter, not only did they have to be wary of the Soviet Union, but they also had to be wary of another comrade fighting side by side, the United States, and even in some way.
To a certain extent, the United States is more dangerous than the Soviet Union.
For the one hundred thousand civil servants of British India, the future is still uncertain. Even Governor Wavell and Lord Barron, the Governor-General of British India and the chief civil servants of British India, cannot guarantee their words on this matter.
right.
Under such uncertainty, Sir Barron himself cannot see the future, and small unreasonable arrangements are no longer a big deal.
Late at night, Alan Wilson was still answering questions. In the last question of Lord Barron, he asked about his supporters of the British Raj. After thinking for a long time, he wrote, "The untouchable class, and more than five hundred
They were the monarchs of a princely state, and the Congress Party and the Muslim League were the two opponents. Nehru and Ali Jinnah just had different methods."
“The Congress Party represented by Nehru wanted to take over all rights in the entire British India, while the Muslim League headed by Ali Jinnah did not want to live in the same country with the Hindus.
It's much the same for the government, but it's different for the Pacifists and the Hindus, and it's a conflict between the Muslim League and the Congress."
"Under the rule of British India, only the untouchables had certain rights. As for the monarchs of more than 500 princely states, they were happy to maintain their current status. On the contrary, they had doubts about the Congress Party and the Muslim League. Regarding my upcoming
I went to Hyderabad State, and my mission was to make the Hyderabad monarch the support of British India."
"Mir Osman Ali Khan has the most powerful strength among many Indian princes. At the same time, he is also a peaceful believer. He is a minority in the whole of India, even in the princely state of Hyderabad. I believe that Mir Osman Ali Khan
Ali Khan is very willing to maintain harmonious relations with London."
Who is the enemy and who is the friend has always been a very important question.