Chapter 4 What a great official authority

"I know enough about South Asia." Sir Barron took Alan Wilson's answer sheet and sighed in his heart, although he was an open-book exam and gave Alan Wilson the opportunity to cheat, there may be this kind of understanding, indicating that Alan Wilson is young, but he has the mature ability to deal with things.

He said quietly, "The institutions stationed in the princely states of Hyderabad are mainly institutions that communicate with the monarch of Hyderabad, but there are only more than 200 people, and even if the various institutions in Hyderabad are combined, we British people are less than 1,000. Although not as good as Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata, it is still a very important place for the monarch Mir Osman Ali Khan to maintain harmonious relations. ”

"I think the most important thing in maintaining a good relationship is sincerity, and I am ready for that, Sir Barron." Alan Wilson nodded slightly, and said, "The local currency has its own, the monarch controls the railroads, the post office, and the army, and Mir Osman Ali Khan's own attitude towards London has an important leading role in the more than five hundred princely states at present, and I will definitely be very sincere in contact with the people." ”

"It's good that you know, I'll give you the letter of appointment in three days, what about the newly recruited assistant? I heard that you went to the University of Delhi and recruited young people? Sir Barron replied satisfied, and then changed the subject, "Although I am not willing to interfere with your work, but the arrogance of young people should be put away, and the assistants you recruit should be controlled, and our rule over British India is not blindly high-handed, but full of flexibility, and high-pressure is not the solution to the problem, and sometimes it is necessary to think of a solution from the tradition of South Asia." ”

Alan Wilson nodded, how to maintain maximum stability with the smallest force, I believe that there is no more skilled than the United Kingdom.

For a certain period of time in British India, the Governor also tried to break the caste system in India, but later found that instead of awakening the support of the lower classes to the British Empire, it allowed the middle and upper classes to have a shock to British rule, and then gave up the idea of cutting the caste system, and then did not encounter uncontrollable chaos.

As for the relationship between the two major religions in India, in the history of British India, the Viceroy of British India has repeatedly jumped sideways more than once, and Hinduism, Peace Religion, and Sikhism have become the forces relied on by the Viceroy of India at different times.

As for his current destination, the princely state of Hyderabad, it happens to be very much in line with the conditions of partition and rule in British India. The princely state of Hyderabad is now the largest princely state in British India, the largest in size about the size of the British mainland, with a population of 20 million, and in any way inferior to any province in the present British India.

To Alan Wilson's delight, the monarch, Mir Osman Ali Khan, was a pacifist. Eighty percent of the population of the princely state of Hyderabad is Hindu. This is in contrast to Kashmir, which later led to a struggle between Pakistan and India, a Hindu monarch who ruled over the majority of pacifists in the jurisdiction.

Unfortunately, the princely state of Hyderabad of the monarch, Mir Osman Ali Khan, was too far away from the northwestern part of present-day British India, where the pacifists were strong, to gain the support of the same faith, and the entire princely state of Hyderabad was surrounded by India, which led to the final failure of Mir Osman Ali Khan's plan for independence.

Mir Osman Ali Khan was known for his wealth and was considered one of the richest people in the world due to his large collection of jewelry and gold. It is estimated that he is worth two billion dollars in this era! Hence the appearance in the American Time magazine.

Ali Khan's family ruled the Indian state of Hyderabad since the 18th century, and Ali Khan was the only Indian who did not live in Britain but held a high royal title, largely because of the large amount he donated to the British Treasury during the First World War.

Alan Wilson later handed over the list of his assistants selected from the University of Delhi to Sir Barron, the leader of the British Indian civil service, which in fact controlled a colony as large as British India by 100,000 British civil servants. There is no such thing as bloated institutions.

Even if there is such a problem, it is the problem of millions of civil servants of Indian origin. So Sir Barron didn't have a problem with the ten assistants he had chosen, even if some of the freshly educated college students were still at Delhi University, or had not long since graduated.

The main problem with the audit was that it was not desirable for these young people at Delhi University to have a distinctly Soviet leaning. Sir Barron did not hide this from Alan Wilson, guarding against the expansion of the influence of the Soviet Union, almost from the beginning of the establishment of the Soviet Union, in World War II, Britain tried its best to direct the anger of Germany to the Soviet Union, and in the end it was partially successful, and the part that did not succeed was borne by the British Empire itself.

"You have to know that there is now an organization called the Cambridge Five Masters in the UK, will it be crazy directly?" Listening to Sir Barron's words, the corners of Alan Wilson's mouth couldn't help twitching, it was the proud work of the Soviet spy agency during the Cold War.

The thought in his mind also flashed, now the movements of the Cambridge Five Masters and his current work are too far away, whether he will be promoted with the help of the other party's strength in the future, or use the other party's life to add luster to his resume, it will be a matter of the future, and now he must first make achievements in British India, the most important colony that is almost about to break away from Britain.

It is precisely because of the importance of British India that Sir Barron felt that he could not be too careful, and in the end! Nothing was found. With Alan Wilson's letter of appointment from Commissioner Hyderabad, it all came to an end.

In front of ten male and female assistants from Delhi University, who had just concluded an investigation into whether they were pro-Soviet elements, Al-Wilson finally found a trace of leadership, although these ten assistants, plus himself, were all in their twenties, which was like child's play, but in the context of the world war, it was not so unacceptable.

"We're going to work in the Hyderabad Princely State in the Deccan Plateau, and I have a little thing to explain before I do that again." Alan Wilson looked at the assistants who could be described as the people of the headquarters, cleared his throat and said in an official tone, "When dealing with the monarch of Hyderabad, you must show politeness, this is a must." We can advise on the internal affairs of Hyderabad, but there must be no interference. ”

"It's just a princely state, and we represent the British Empire." An assistant named Andy muttered softly.

"The monarch of Hyderabad is a distinguished guest of London, and even the Empress will treat her with courtesy. The princely state was not under the direct jurisdiction of the Viceroyalty, and the authority of the monarch in the princely state could not be challenged. This is not the same as the provinces of British India. Alan Wilson said lightly, "Unless you think you have more authority than the Empress." ”

Not yet set off, Alan has entered the role of commissioner, really? What a great official authority!