Chapter 4 – What an Official

“The knowledge of South Asia is sufficient.” Sir Barron took Allen Wilson’s answer sheet, couldn’t help but sigh in his heart, although he was considered to be an open-book exam, giving Allen Wilson the opportunity to cheat, and may have this kind of understanding, indicating that although Allen Wilson was young, he already had the ability to maturely handle things.

The face is still not moving, “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 good as Delhi, Bombay, or Calcutta, but still it is a place of great importance to the monarch, Mir Osman Ali Khan, and must be kept on amicable terms.”

“The most important point in maintaining amicable relations, in my opinion, is sincerity, and in this I am ready, Sir Barron.” Alan Wilson nodded slightly and spoke, “With a local currency of their own, a monarch controlling the railroads, the post office, and the army, and Mir Osman Ali Khan’s own attitude towards London, which will have a significant lead on the five hundred or so Turkish states at present, I’ll be sure to be very sincere in my approach to the right people.”

“Just so you know, I will give you the appointment letter in three days time, how are the newly recruited assistants doing? I heard you went to Delhi University and recruited young men?” Sir Barron replied with satisfaction, then the conversation turned, “Although I do not wish to interfere in your work, the arrogance of the young people should be put away, the aides 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 that there is no more skillful than Britain.

In British India existed for a certain period of time in the middle of the Governor General also tried to break the caste system in India, and later found that did not wake up the bottom of the population of the British Empire’s support, but instead let the middle and upper class of the British rule of the formation of the impact, and then gave up on the idea of the caste system to open up the knife, and after that, on the contrary, did not suffer from 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, Sikhism at different times to become the power of the Viceroyalty of India to rely on.

As for his present destination, Hyderabad Tushita, it happens to be very much in line with the conditions of the divide and rule of British India. Hyderabad is now the largest state of British India, the largest area and the British mainland is about the same, the population of 20 million people, from any point of view, the strength of British India is not second to any province.

What pleased Alan Wilson 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. This is the exact opposite of Kashmir, which in later times caused a fight between Pakistan and India, where a Hindu monarch ruled over the majority of the pacifists in the jurisdiction.

Unfortunately, it was the monarch, Mir Osman Ali Khan’s Hyderabad state, which was too far away from present-day northwestern British India, where the Pacifists were strong, to get the support of the people of the same faith, and the entire Hyderabad state was in the situation of being surrounded by India, which led to the eventual failure of Mir Osman Ali Khan’s plan 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. Presumed to be worth two billion dollars of this era! Hence being featured 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 who did not reside in England but enjoyed the title of High Royalty, largely due to the fact that he had donated large sums of money, free of charge, to the British Treasury during the First World War.

The new official, Alan Wilson, also later handed over to Sir Barron, the leader of the British Indian civil service, the list of assistants he had selected from the University of Delhi, which was actually 100,000 British civil servants controlling a colony the size of British India. There was no question of institutional bloat.

Even if there was this problem, it was the problem of millions of Indian civil servants. So Sir Barron did not have a problem with the ten assistants selected, and even if these college students who were just still at Delhi University, or had not long graduated, were somewhat under-qualified, again it was not a problem.

The main problem with the vetting was that these young men from Delhi University were not expected to have any obvious Soviet leanings. This point Sir Barron also did not hide from Alan Wilson, defense against the expansion of Soviet influence, almost since the Soviet Union has just been established, in the midst of World War II, Britain has tried its best to direct Germany’s anger toward the Soviet Union, and ultimately was partially successful, unsuccessful part of the British Empire was borne by the British Empire itself.

“If you were to know that there is now an organization called the Cambridge Five in later times right on British soil, would you go straight mad.” Listening to Sir Barron’s words, the corners of Alan Wilson’s mouth couldn’t help but twitch, that was the masterpiece of the Soviet spy agency during the Cold War.

Thoughts in his mind also flashed, now the movement of the Cambridge Five and his current work is too far, no matter whether in the future is to use each other’s power to rise in the ranks, or use each other’s life to add a glittering stroke to his own resume, is a matter for later, for now, he must first make achievements in British India, the most important colony that is almost immediately going to be separated from the United Kingdom.

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 Alan Wilson Hyderabad, everything came to a close.

In front of ten men and women assistants from the University of Delhi, who had only just concluded their investigation into whether they were pro-Soviet elements, Allen Wilson finally found a hint of what it was like to be a leader, and although these ten assistants, plus himself, were in their mid-twenties, which was almost as good as child’s play, in the context of the World War, it was not so unacceptable.

“The place we’re traveling to for work is Hyderabad Tuban in the midst of the Deccan Plateau, and once again there’s one thing I’d like to make clear in advance before we do so.” Alan Wilson looked at the assistants who could be described as the headquarters’ people, 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.”

“That’s just a Turkish state, we are representing the British Empire.” An aide named Andy muttered softly.

“The Monarch of Hyderabad is a valued guest in London, even the Queen would treat her with courtesy if she saw her. Tushita is not under the direct jurisdiction of the Viceroyalty, and the monarch’s authority in Tushita cannot be challenged. It is not the same as the provinces within British India.” Alan Wilson spoke faintly, “Unless you think you have more authority than the Queen.”

Not even setting out yet, Alan had already entered the role of commissioner, really? What an official authority!