"Do you think Nehru was a great man?" Barron asked in an uncertain tone with his fingers crossed.

"Yes, Sir Barron." Alan Wilson nodded solemnly and said, "Compared with Gandhi, who has always imagined an idyllic life, Nehru's own ideas are more worthy of attention." ”

Alan Wilson was not loud, but he was extremely determined. In fact, Nehru, the leader of the Congress Party, and Ali Jinnah, the leader of the Muslim League, are very powerful politicians.

As far as Nehru is concerned, he is a person who cannot be compared to Modi in later generations. Ali Jinnah, who represents the other faction, is also a thoroughly secularized political figure, whether Hindu or pacifical, is a tool in the hands of two people, and they themselves have no religious overtones.

Compared with Nehru, Ali Jinnah, the leader of the Muslim League, was a leader who was close to the West through and through, and even Ali Jinnah's religious ideas were not taken seriously by Ali Jinnah for a long time.

However, as a minority, Ali Jinnah was inevitably influenced by the Muslim League, and Ali Jinnah's poor health quickly moved on the path of religiousization after his death.

Nehru of the Congress Party was a different story, with Nehru professing respect for Indian culture but not being ambiguous when it was time to do so. During his tenure, he carried out land reforms, defeated Pakistan externally, and reversed the world's impression of the Hindus as cowardly in combat. The reconquest of Portuguese Goa boosted the self-confidence of the whole of India.

In the final analysis, Alan Wilson believes that this has a huge relationship with Nehru going to the nascent Soviet Union when he was young, and the emergence of the Soviet Union is a big thing for the whole world, and it is very normal for Nehru to have a huge impact on him at that time, resulting in Nehru using a lot of Soviet methods to solve domestic problems after India's independence.

If it weren't for that war, Nehru might have really built India into a great power.

Listening to the young man standing in front of him answer his own question seriously, Barron nodded in satisfaction, and a strange emotion welled up in his heart, it was hard to imagine that this realization came from the mouth of a young man in his early twenties.

"It's a time of war, and there is a need for talent in many departments." Sir Barron muttered for a moment and spoke, "During the Battle of Imphal, your father did a great deal of work in Calcutta, whether it was the war zone, the governor's palace, or the colonial department, and we must also consider the opinions of those who have meritorious. ”

With Barron's words, Alan Wilson became more and more cautious, knowing that his path was in the other party's thoughts.

"Well, Mumbai, Kolkata and even Delhi are a little too conspicuous considering your age. Now the seventeen provinces of India are not suitable for you to start the job. But for your father's sake, I can let you start working from an easy position, a job of no low status. Barron thought as he said, "What do you think of you going to be a commissioner in Hyderabad?" ”

"Huh? Thank you, Sir Barron. Alan Wilson was stunned for a moment, and thanked for the surprise in his heart.

British India was administered by the Viceroyalty and the British Commissioner, and there were seventeen provinces, which together occupied two-thirds of what is now British India, and the remaining one-third of the land was spread over more than 560 princely states. These princely states were large and small, and the smaller princely states were simply the larger landlords, while the larger princely states were treated as heads of state in England with great courtesy.

Among the more than 500 princely states, the most powerful princely state is the Hyderabad state in the mouth of Sir Barron, which is the largest in British India in terms of area and population, and is much stronger than Kashmir, which later caused many Indo-Pakistani wars.

While Alan Wilson was still thinking, Sir Barron had already spoken to himself, "Although Hyderabad is not actually under the control of British India, it is no less important than the provinces under the control of the Governor's Office. Among the more than 500 princely states, Hyderabad can be regarded as a weather vane, so don't worry, the importance is the same. ”

Sir Barron also felt that Alan Wilson was a little disappointed in his arrangement, and explained the importance of Hyderabad by reminding, "The present ruler of the country is Mir Osman Ali Khan, a ruler who is respected by London, and who communicates with him no less than working in the provinces under our control. ”

Maybe it would be more comfortable to work in the Indian provinces, but considering Alan Wilson's age, Sir Barron is not good because his personal relationship is too excessive, and in the Indian princely states indirectly ruled by the British Empire, giving the other party a good position will not be too conspicuous and will not be caught by others.

After all, it is a time of world war, and some of the previous rules can be broken, but there is also a certain amount of fire.

Alan Wilson was not dissatisfied, and he knew that Sir Barron in front of him had done his best, and within the current rules, there was only so much he could do.

"During the Battle of Imphal, your father helped me a lot and maintained the stability of India." Finally Sir Barron mentions the past, and Alan Wilson understands.

Speaking of Alan Wilson's father, Wilson Sr. quickly found his way through the civil service after fleeing to India, and finally gained a foothold in Calcutta.

Kolkata was the capital of British India before New Delhi, and the British operated in Kolkata for half a century, and only put the capital in New Delhi thirty years ago, and it was undoubtedly the second largest city in India in this era.

After the Burma Campaign, the center of Bengal faced the threat of the Japanese until the Battle of Imphal. It was during this time that Wilson Sr. kept Calcutta running, as Sir Barron had commanded.

But this is not what Sir Barron meant, the reason why he looks up to Alan Wilson, the main reason is the outbreak of the Bengal famine, British India always broke out famine, but two years ago the Bengal famine more than three million people were starved to death, it was the time before and after the Battle of Imphal, the old Wilson can be said to be to blame, and the same is Sir Barron, the head of the British Indian civil service who worked in the Governor's Palace.

Alan Wilson breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, because of his father's relationship, he finally got what he wanted here in the Governor's Palace, and at this moment Sir Barron spoke, "Don't be too happy, I only have the right to recommend candidates, you should know that the final decision is still in the hands of Governor Wavell, if nothing else, I will inform you of the good news in a while." ”

"Thank you, Sir Barron." Alan Wilson took out a gold coin and said to himself, "I got it from a merchant, and I personally hope that Sir Barron will not care about his metal composition, but will see the precious history of India from above, just as the academic problems studied by the Oriental Academy, and see the wider Oriental world." ”

"Precious historical value, I think so." Sir Barron tacitly reached out and took it, glancing at the sunlight streaming through the window, and seemed to sigh at the pattern on it.