CHAPTER XIV
It's just racist! But it has nothing to do with me. The corners of Alan Wilson's mouth curled slightly, wondering if it was the world-famous rape label in India in later generations, and now it has vaguely appeared.
Thinking a little farther, after the meeting was over, the governors and commissioners of the provinces did not leave, but seized the opportunity to socialize, and Sir Barron had prepared wine and whiskey for the civil servants who had worked tirelessly to make New Delhi feel at home after their exhaustion.
The unprecedented world war was still going on, but these stalwarts of the civil servants of British India were carrying out the fine tradition of tightening the front and the rear, showing the gentlemanly demeanor that the British Empire could not lose at any time.
Alan Wilson, as Commissioner of Hyderabad, has just shown his old posture at the senior civil service meeting, and has also received the attention of his colleagues. In normal times, with a young face of Alan Wilson, he would have been ostracized and indifferent, but in British India in 1945, such a special period, this was not the most important thing.
For those who have reached the top of the civil service in British India, they are now more concerned about the question of whether there is a problem in British India, and once British India becomes independent, as some voices in London say, it will inevitably be followed by a hundred thousand families of civil servants who will return to Britain proper, and how many people will continue to work in respectable jobs? That's a big problem!
Compared to this major event, Alan Wilson's abrupt appointment as Commissioner of Hyderabad is no longer a big deal. It can only be regarded as a small thing in the process of the coming of the great change.
"To be honest, Ali Jinnah and Nehru shouldn't be looking for trouble at this time." Burke, a senior Bangladeshi official, was optimistic about the Congress party and the Muslim League's support for the war.
Although the Congress Party and the Muslim League have made more and more trouble in recent years, basically the Viceroy of British India and their civil service system are still in control of the situation. Nehru and Ali Jinnah had more trouble with each other.
"I also agree with Burke's idea that if they don't cooperate with our work at this time, it will only give us a chance to clean them up, and the dislike between the Congress party and the Muslim League is still above us." The senior officials of the United Province nodded without thinking, Britain's long-term political experience has played a role in dealing with these two major forces, and it is also what the British Empire is best at, divide and rule, and everyone in Europe does this.
At this time, neither the Congress Party nor the Muslim League wanted the Governor's Office and the Colonial Office to be hostile to them on the other side, so they had the idea of gaining and losing, and did not dare to take a hardline attitude.
"Equity and justice will be passed down from generation to generation, and this is the best tradition of the British Empire." Burke suddenly raised his glass to Alan Wilson and said, "I'm happy for old Wilson that Allen is so young, and he already has this kind of understanding." ”
"Thank you." Alan Wilson also raised his glass, but the relationship was not distant, and after arriving in India, Wilson Sr. worked in Calcutta, the heart of the province of Bengal.
Although there is such a small flaw as the Great Bengal Famine, if you seriously dig into the roots, the credit for this old Wilson must not be alone, and Burke must have a share of it.
The precious friendship forged during the Great Famine in Bangladesh has led Burke, a high-ranking Bangladesh official, to come forward at a critical moment to accept Alan Wilson, and also to say that these senior civil servants of British India have officially accepted the candidate for Commissioner of Hyderabad.
It's better to come late than not to come, even according to history, British India will exist for at least more than two years, at this time you can stuff your money with thick suitcases, and then return home in style, besides, what if British India can continue to exist? Can't fantasize about it?
However, the most important thing for Alan Wilson now was still the duty of the Hyderabad monarch's dog-headed military adviser, and as an honest man, he would never deny that he was now more concerned with Ali Khan than with his work with British India, and he had to talk to the commissioner of the princely state of Junagad.
For his part, Sir Barron still had to continue to communicate with the Congress Party and the Muslim League, hoping to gain the support of the two largest forces in British India while victory was already in sight.
This kind of occasion is completely a communication between Sir Barron and the ontological forces of India, and the governors and commissioners of the provinces are all in New Delhi to settle their personal affairs, and Alan Wilson also regards this return to New Delhi as a vacation, chatting and hanging out with John.
"What a good servant the Indians are, I don't know what the final opinion of the London side is." Although he was not very old, Alan Wilson was an old imperialist as soon as he opened his mouth, and the two walked easily, and finally stopped in front of a stall, looking at the leather shoes on his feet with some dust on them, he sat directly in front of the shoe-shiner, and seized the time to enjoy the imperialist treatment in the future capital of India.
John sat down to solve the employment problem of the Indian people, and two English gentlemen, in the land of the colony, talked as if no one was around.
"No matter what the end result is, we can't go back empty-handed. In fact, it is also a good thing for us to work in the princely state, where the Maharaja is skeptical of the Congress party and the Muslim League, and our support is needed at this time. We can also use this support to solve our own problems. ”
Looking at the shiny leather shoes quite satisfied, Alan Wilson took out the rupee in his hand, which was a reward for the shoe-shiner with a humble smile, and thought to himself, how did he come to the time of the decline of the British Empire? What bad luck! The good days are short-lived.
Alan Wilson himself cannot be criticized for being backward in his thinking, if a person can reach out and open his mouth, who will choose to work hard?
"Ali Khan wants to bring about some kind of princely alliance, and if this happens, you and I will be greatly grateful." Alan Wilson lowered his voice and said, "I believe John, you also know that the princely state of Junagadh, among these princely states, compared to the larger Kashmir, the princely state of Junagadh is located on the west coast, not far from Mumbai, such a good location is much better than remote Kashmir." The area is not small, and the geographical location is good, and Mr. Ali Khan very much hopes that when facing the Congress Party and the Muslim League, he will have the help of the princely state of Junagadh. ”
John stretched out his hand and rubbed the stubble that had just grown on his chin, and said without moving, "It's time to think about what kind of way out we can exchange for the power in our hands." ”
"Ali Khan was the richest man in the world a few years ago." Alan Wilson made a pun, and there was talk about it.
In just a few words, the two princely state commissioners have reached a consensus on the looting of India's wealth, and there has been an unprecedented theft.
It cannot be said that the affairs between the princely state commissioners cannot be described as theft, they are all within their duty, and the two have the right to work for the benefit of the princely states that have good relations with the British Empire.