"Knowledge of South Asia is sufficient."Sir Barron took Allen Wilson's answer sheet, the heart could not help but sigh, although he is considered an open book exam, gave Allen Wilson the opportunity to cheat, can have this kind of understanding, shows that although Allen Wilson is young, but already has the ability to deal with things maturely.
The face is still immovable, "The agency in Hyderabad Tupang, mainly the agency that communicates with the monarch of Hyderabad, but only more than two hundred people, even if the whole of Hyderabad's various agencies together, we British are less than a thousand.It is not as important as Delhi, Bombay or Calcutta, but still it is a place of great importance, and for the monarch, Mir Osman Ali Khan, friendly relations must be maintained."
"The most important point in maintaining friendly relations, in my opinion, is sincerity, and in that I am willing, Sir Barron," Alan Wilson nodded slightly and spoke, "With a local currency, a monarch who controls the railroads, the post office, and the army, and Mir Osman Ali Khan's own attitude toward London, which will have a significant advantage over the current five hundred or so Turkish states, I will be sure to be very sincere in my approach to the right people."
"Just so you know, I will give you the letter of appointment in three days' time; how are the newly recruited assistants? I heard you went to Delhi University and recruited young men?"Sir Barron replied with satisfaction, then the conversation turned and he said, "Although I do not wish to interfere in your work, the arrogance of the young people must be put away, the assistants you have recruited should be disciplined, our rule over British India is not one of high pressure but full of flexibility, high pressure is not a solution to problems, sometimes it is necessary to think in terms of the traditions of South Asia."
Alan Wilson nodded, "How to maintain maximum stability with minimum force, I believe there is no more skillful than Britain.
During a certain period in the existence of British India, the Governor General also tried to break the caste system in India, and later found that there was no awakening of the support of the lower class for the British Empire, but instead let the middle and upper layers of British rule formed an impact, and then gave up on the idea of the caste system to open the knife, and after that, instead of suffering from the unmanageable chaos.
As for the relationship between the two major religions in India itself, in the history of British India, the Governor General of British India has more than once repeatedly jumped across the board, Hinduism, the religion of peace and Sikhism have become the force that the Viceroyalty of India has relied on at different times.
As for his present destination, Hyderabad Tushita, it happens to be very much in keeping with the conditions of the divide and rule of British India: Hyderabad is now the largest state in British India, with an area roughly the size of the British mainland and a population of 20 million, which by all accounts is no less powerful than any of the provinces in British India today.
What Alan Wilson liked even more was that the monarch, Mir Osman Ali Khan, was a pacifist, and eighty percent of the population of the Hyderabad satrapy were Hindus, the exact opposite of Kashmir, over which Pakistan and India later fought, where a Hindu monarch ruled over a majority of pacifists in his jurisdiction.
Unfortunately for the monarch, Mir Osman Ali Khan's Hyderabad state was too far away from present-day northwestern British India, where the pacifists were strong, to be supported by a population of the same faith, and the entire Hyderabad state was in a situation where it was under siege by India, leading to the eventual failure of Mir Osman Ali Khan's plans for independence.
Mir Osman Ali Khan was famous for his wealth and was considered to be one of the richest men in the world due to his large amount of jewelry and gold, estimated to be worth two billion dollars at the time! that's why he's in Time magazine.
Ali Khan's family had ruled the Indian state of Hyderabad since the eighteenth century, and Ali Khan was the only Indian not living in Britain who enjoyed the title of High Royalty, largely because of the huge sums of money he had donated to the British Treasury without compensation during the First World War.
The new civil servant, Alan Wilson, also later gave Sir Barron, the head of the British Indian civil service, the list of assistants he had selected from the University of Delhi, which was in fact 100,000 British civil servants controlling a colony the size of British India.
So Sir Barron had no problem with the ten assistants he selected, and even if these students, who were still at Delhi University or had recently graduated, were somewhat underqualified, that was not a problem either.
The main problem with the vetting was that they didn't want these young people from Delhi University to have any obvious Soviet leanings, something that Sir Barron didn't hide from Alan Wilson either, the defense against the expansion of Soviet influence had begun almost as soon as the Soviet Union had been created, and in the midst of World War II Britain had done its best to turn Germany's wrath against the Soviet Union, which had ultimately been partially successful, and the part that hadn't been successful had been borne by the British Empire itself.
"If you knew in later times that there was an organization called the Cambridge Five right on British soil, you'd go crazy."Listening to Sir Barron's words, the corners of Alan Wilson's mouth couldn't help but twitch, this was the masterpiece of the Soviet spy agency during the Cold War.
Thoughts in his mind also flashed by, now the Cambridge Five's movement and his current work is too far, no matter in the future is to use each other's power to promote, or use each other's lives for his resume to increase the colorful, are all later things, for now he must first in British India, this is the most important colony almost immediately to be separated from the United Kingdom to make achievements.
And because of the importance of British India, Sir Barron felt that no amount of care could be too much, in the end! nothing was found out.With the letter of appointment of Commissioner Allen Wilson Hyderabad, everything fell into place.
In front of ten assistants from Delhi University, who had just completed their investigation into whether they were pro-Soviet, Allen Wilson finally got a sense of what it was like to be a leader, even though these ten assistants and himself were in their mid-twenties, which was almost child's play, but against the backdrop of the World War, it wasn't so unacceptable.
"The place we're going to work is the Turbans of Hyderabad in the middle of the Deccan Plateau, and once again there's a little something I'd like to get straight before we do."Alan Wilson looked at his assistants, who could be described as the men of the ministry, cleared his throat and said in an official voice, "When dealing with the monarchs of Hyderabad, it is imperative to show courtesy.We can advise on Hyderabad's internal affairs, but there must be no move to interfere."
"This is only a Turkish state, we represent the British Empire," an aide named Andy muttered quietly.
"The monarch of Hyderabad is an honored guest in London, even the queen would treat him with courtesy if she saw him.Tushita is not under the direct jurisdiction of the viceroyalty, and the authority of the monarch in Tushita cannot be challenged.It is not like the provinces within British India."Alan Wilson spoke weakly, "Unless you think you have more authority than the queen."
He had not even left yet, and Allen had already taken on the role of Commissioner, really?what official authority!
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