Chapter 189: I want to do good
"Isn't that okay?" Sir Barron looked at the German watch on his wrist and said, "It's quite appropriate for you not to say it." ”
"It's just so fit, it's just tailor-made." Alan Wilson agreed, although he did not know which German the owner of the watch was.
"Like you said, time is a precious thing. Among the civil servants in British India, I am actually very optimistic about you. Sir Barron unhurriedly changed the topic and encouraged Alan Wilson, "Many of your ideas are actually very reasonable, such as whose hands should the great British Empire be, and the colonies are really very important to the status of civil servants. ”
"Of course, Sir Barron, it was all under your tutelage that I became one of ours at last." Alan Wilson expressed gratitude for Sir Barron's promotion, "The cornerstone and order of the empire, of course, rests with us, not ......with them"
"They were selected by the party organization in their constituency, by thirty-five men in dirty raincoats and thirty-five women in ridiculous hats. The selection process was equally absurd: there were only 630 members in total, and a party of more than 300 members formed a government, and of those 300, 100 were too old and stupid to become ministers, and the other 100 could not become ministers. As a result, the remaining 100 MPs filled 100 government posts. There is really no choice. ”
Sir Barron nodded with satisfaction, and this was the case, Britain was divided into more than 600 constituencies, each of which elected a member of Parliament. Ministers and Prime Ministers, including the Shadow Cabinet, are also MPs and are responsible for their respective constituencies.
The British general election is a party election in which the party that wins a majority of seats in the House of Commons is in power. The Queen invites the leader of the majority party to become prime minister, who then selects cabinet ministers from among the party's MPs.
There is no doubt that the British Empire was successful as a colonial empire, but what does that have to do with those parties? Just focusing on the small places in the mainland, thousands of square kilometers of colonies laid the foundation of the empire on which the sun never sets, and there is no colony that can play without the minister? No......
Without the Labour Party and the Conservative Party, as long as there was a mature civil service system, the British Empire would not have changed much, and perhaps it would have been better.
"While this is a fact, it is important to remember that ministers represent the will of the people. You can't say that in your own country. Although Sir Barron's heart was dark, he still reminded with a straight face, "Fortunately, this is a colony, and you are our man, otherwise things would not be easy." Let's talk to the Congress Party, in fact, since the beginning of the year, I have been thinking about whether to work in a quiet but contributing position. ”
Alan Wilson knows that the so-called idle and contributing position is that there is not so much every day, but the treatment should not be less, but who knows how credible Sir Barron's words are.
What if it's just a temptation? Alan Wilson objected, "Sir Barron, you don't have such thoughts, this is an eventful time for the country, and British India is extremely important to the economic revitalization of the country, and there can be no mistake." If you weren't here, wouldn't 100,000 civil servants be in chaos? ”
"Even if you want to be idle, this environment really doesn't allow it!" Sir Barron sighed half-truthfully, and took the opportunity to round the words back, just to express his recognition and support for Alan Wilson.
I knew it was a temptation! Alan Wilson slandered in his heart, being the boss of 100,000 civil servants in British India, this day is equivalent to Sir Edward in the homeland, how much he can't think about it, before he thinks of retirement?
Moreover, the British Indian Emperor is far higher, and Sir Barron's degree of freedom is even greater than that of the cabinet secretary, if he is replaced by Alan Wilson, he will definitely stay until the colony is independent, as long as the colony is not independent, he will not leave, and he must stand on the last shift.
"He's not testing me, is he?" It wasn't until Sir Barron left the Doge's House that Alan Wilson realized that the scene seemed to have some other meaning.
In fact, Alan Wilson's guess was right, although Sir Barron took more care of Alan Wilson, but he did not expect that the little commissioner who was driven away by Nehru's pressure would be overturned in Europe in just over half a year, and finally was favored by the cabinet secretary and returned to New Delhi as an assistant to the commissioner of British India.
Alan Wilson was so young and had such a wonderful idea that it had to give Sir Barron himself a sense of crisis. After all, it is not good news that an overly competent deputy has jumped so fast.
Now that he is already an assistant commissioner at such a young age, shouldn't he be replaced by the commissioner of British India?
However, Alan Wilson's very good performance just now still dispelled Sir Barron's doubts, although he still looks a little younger, but the desire to improve is understandable.
As long as it is pleasing to the eye, the previous feeling of being a threat to one's own existence also disappears. Sir Barron himself was not interfered with, and he thought about the problem from a different angle.
Although Alan Wilson is young and has jumped extremely fast, there is a limit after all, there is literally not much difference between the commissioner's assistant and the commissioner, but it is not easy to complete this leap, qualifications and connections are indispensable, and it will not pose a threat to him, the British Indian commissioner, in a short period of time.
"I really didn't expect that today's small governor's mansion would have a sleeping dragon and phoenix chick." Alan Wilson, who was also off work and came back to the aftertaste, recalled today's work experience and made it clear that he had met at least two brain supplement masters today, and with a little luck, they were fooled by the past.
It was the first time he felt tempted, if not stupid enough to pose a threat to these veteran civil servants, and now at least it was taken seriously.
Being despised also means insignificant, and being valued has such treatment, so everything is mixed.
In fact, the mixed results can also be applied to the independence of British India, the two major religions are in the same country, and India after independence is naturally stronger, but the internal friction will also increase. He remembered that later British India was a paradise for 600 million peace believers and 900 million Hindus.
If these people were all in the same country, it is estimated that the world war would not make the Indians raise their heads and take a look, because it was a small scene, and it was played out in India from time to time.
Nehru went back to consult with the Congress party, and Alan Wilson continued to work 9-to-5. By the way, ask Ali Jinnah, the lifelong enemy of the Congress party, what he is doing.
As an advanced country that attaches great importance to human rights, it is very normal for civil servants in the British Empire to take the second year of the fifth revision. Approaching New Year's Day, the weather in New Delhi was not too cold, so Alan Wilson secretly went to Pamela Mountbatten in an indomitable spirit.
The little girl is still very simple, she attends a girls' school in New Delhi, she is the daughter of General Mountbatten, her status is high, she will not taste intrigues, and she knows nothing about the sinister nature of society.
Of Pamela Mountbatten's sixteen years of life, the most sinister thing about life was when she was instilled by Alan Wilson that Indians could not be trusted.
Recently, he has been sending people to find the place where the floating corpses of the Ganges River are concentrated, preparing to guide local public opinion. Alan Wilson is not an Indian after all, and it will take time to find him as an Englishman. However, references to various atrocities against women in Indians have appeared in London newspapers regarding the disrespect of Indians towards women.
"In fact, men and women trust each other, and it is very normal to take that step. But a man can't force a woman! Except for the overabundance, Alan Wilson has not forgotten how he treated the Iron Lady, and of course this does not delay him from making a big statement in front of Pamela Mountbatten.
Alan Wilson, who acts as a respectful woman, made a meat joke for a while, making Pamela Mountbatten blush, reaching out to cover her ears and shaking her head, "Don't listen, don't listen, don't always talk about this." Indian man hurts woman, why don't you catch? ”
"Don't say it, it's a really good idea." Alan Wilson thought about it seriously and said, "But the difficulty of implementing it is very high, first of all, this is a shameful thing. Almost all of the junior police officers are Indians, and the Indian police are likely to ignore this kind of obvious discrediting case of Indians. How many people can we British catch? ”
"You just said you respected women, and now you say you can't do it." Pamela Mountbatten touched her feverish ear and snorted softly, "It's hard for me not to feel that you just lied to me." Just want to take advantage of me! ”
"It should be possible to select a few big cities and borrow religious contradictions, this is the limit, and there is really no way to do it in the vast rural areas."
Faced with the embarrassing fact that Pamela Mountbatten was about to expose his own hypocrite, Alan Wilson made a decisive decision to make a decisive decision for the security of British India.
All of a sudden, Alan Wilson's thought came to him, isn't there a group of goddesses in Hinduism?
Unbeknownst to the local citizens, this could be used as an entry point to sort out the opposition of British Indian civil servants, even if only in name, to impress the women of the native with civil servants like Alan Wilson.
Every time the image of the British Indian civil servants was established, the image of the British India, in turn, was dealt a major blow. But it's not his problem, it's the Indians' problem.
The solemn statement of the assistant commissioner of British India made Pamela Mountbatten nod, and finally maintained his personal image.