Chapter 472: Mahatma Gandhi

"I don't know what Mr. Chang is doing when he comes to me this time?"

Chang Gui looked at the short and thin Indian old man sitting in front of him, and said with a smile, "You don't dare to be a businessman, but you have admired Mr. Gandhi's name for a long time, so I came to visit today, and by the way, I want to ask Mr. Gandhi a few questions." "Chang Gui's ostensible identity is just a businessman, but his real identity is a senior agent of the Chinese Empire's military intelligence department in India. And the little Indian old man sitting in front of Chang Gui is the famous Mohandas in India? Karamchand? Gandhi, in later generations he also had a resounding title Mahatma Gandhi.

"I don't know if Mr. Chang has and advice, you might as well say it clearly." Gandhi asked in fluent English. Gandhi's life was full of troubles and ups and downs. He was born in colonial India under the British colonial shackles and grew up in a devout, non-killing, vegetarian, ascetic Hindu family. He was shy, shy, and conformist from an early age. At the age of 19, he was expelled from his caste and traveled to London to study. A foreign civilization had caused Gandhi to fall at his feet with a deep inferiority complex, and the constraints of religious conventions had left him at a loss in a new environment. After a short period of confusion and exploration, he finally gave up his blind imitation of Western civilization, adhered to his original religious beliefs and embraced other religious doctrines, received an education in British legal thought, and obtained a bar from University College London.

"I can't talk about advice, but I heard that Mr. Gandhi had been working for India's independence and freedom. But have you ever thought about it, India is the most important British colony at present, do you think the British will willingly give up this colony and let India become independent? Chang Gui asked with a smile. This time, Chang Gui came to visit Gandhi, which was instructed by the country to enlist Gandhi's support, although Gandhi was not as famous as later generations, but his influence in India should not be underestimated. If this person's support can be enlisted, it will naturally be of great benefit to the Chinese Empire to completely expel the British colonial forces from China.

Gandhi smiled and said, "The British colonial authorities have agreed that when this war is over, the British will allow India to become independent." "Now that the Chinese Empire is attacking India, some riots against British colonial rule have broken out from time to time in various parts of India. In order to ease relations with the Indians and keep this crown jewel, the British just announced not long ago that as long as the Indians can help the British government, they can repel the invading Chinese army. Wait until the end of the war to allow India to become independent.

"With the ingenuity of Mr. Gandhi, it should be seen that the reason why the British agreed to the terms of India's independence was nothing more than a delaying tactic in desperation! Was Mr. Gandhi really naïve to think that as long as our Chinese troops withdrew from India, the British would agree to make India independent? The British have always been insatiable, and the importance of India to the British is self-evident, and I dare to assert that once our Chinese army withdraws from India, the British will certainly regret it when there is no external threat at that time. India will never be allowed to be independent and self-governing, the British have always been untrustworthy, Mr. Gandhi is a man of great wisdom, do you also believe the nonsense of the British? Chang Gui said with a smile on his face.

Gandhi couldn't help but frown when he heard this, and fell into deep thought. After returning from his studies in England, Gandhi began to practise as a lawyer in Mumbai, but suffered setbacks. The first time I fought a lawsuit for someone, I smashed the pot because of stage fright. Half a year later, he returned home and maintained his lawyer business in his hometown of Ratchkot with the help of his brother and relatives and friends. The sluggish and suffocating environment of the lawyer's business. It made him feel depressed and depressed. When he was asked to deal with a case from an Indian from South Africa, he set out on a journey to South Africa without hesitation.

In South Africa, a British colony with deep-rooted racism, Gandhi faced a series of discrimination and insults as a person of color. His national pride and the suffering of his compatriots here drove him to lead the struggle against racial discrimination among South African Indians. Become a compelling figure. It was in South Africa, a land full of racial discrimination, that Gandhi repudiated the Western civilization he once admired, cultivated and exercised his ability to engage in public work, mastered the secret of being a successful lawyer, and basically formed his religion, outlook on life, and social politics. The arduous struggle against racial discrimination he led in South Africa won the rights of South African Indians for basic equality, and he also successfully tested an effective weapon - the doctrine of truth and non-violence and its practice. However, in this anti-discrimination process, Gandhi remained disillusioned with the British Empire.

In 1915, Gandhi returned to India. In his early years back home, he traveled around India in a third-class car to learn more about his long-lost homeland. A year later, he began to give speeches, propagated his ideas, engaged in the struggle for nonviolence, and experimented with and developed the doctrine of nonviolence. He supported the war that was going on at the time, hoping to exchange the favor of Britain for granting India autonomy. However, Gandhi was somewhat disappointed by the fact that if it were not for the later entry of Chinese troops into India, I am afraid that the British authorities would never have agreed to the terms of India's independence.

Chang Gui saw that Gandhi never spoke, and knew that Gandhi was also hesitating in his heart, so he smiled and said, "Mr. Gandhi, I support and support the non-violent movement you advocate. But it is a very foolish thing to think that Mr. Gandhi supported the British in the war in exchange for the sympathy of the British. Because the situation at this time is completely different, the million-strong army of our Chinese Empire has entered the territory of India, and the end of Britain has arrived. The ultimate goal of our Chinese Empire is to completely drive the British and French colonists out of Asia, and we are willing to help India get rid of British colonial rule and establish a free and democratic independent country. Under such a great form, the people of India, as long as they join hands with our Chinese Empire and fight side by side, will be able to drive the British out of India as much as possible, and it will not be faster and more effective than wagging their tails and begging for mercy from the British, and begging for charity from the British? ”

"Why is your country willing to help us?" Gandhi asked, frowning.

"Because we have a common enemy, and that is Britain. Decades ago, Britain and France and other countries also repeatedly invaded our China, if it were not for the birth of our great Shengwu Emperor, I am afraid that our China would have become a colony of Britain and France, so we are very understanding and sympathetic to your country's suffering, as a friendly country, we have the obligation to help your country expel the British. What's more, the occupation of India by the British is not in the interests of our Chinese Empire. Chang Gui said sincerely. (To be continued......)