Chapter 940 – Sir Wilson

“I try not to leave the next commissioner in the lurch, but of course I’m not able to anticipate all contingencies.” Alan Wilson sighed and put the planning book down, rushing over to Richard with an intentional hint.

“Commissioner, I’m sure the next commissioner, won’t let your hard work go to waste.” Richard, who had received the hint, immediately spoke up to express the reliability of the next commissioner, which really meant himself.

“I hope so.” Alan Wilson nodded his head and opened his mouth to encourage, “For the sake of policy coherence, in principle I should recommend a candidate for the next commissioner for Whitehall, Richard, you are also aware of this, Alisha and Ender were both my subordinates in British India, which is nothing, many of the current regional commissioners are. You don’t have the advantage, but of course you have your own advantages.”

As for what exactly the advantages are, it’s not that Alan Wilson hasn’t thought of them for the time being, but he hopes that Richard will be able to comprehend them on his own, “The next commissioner isn’t just going to be an easy job, and among the different periods of time, we may face different tests. Of course, even when I leave office, I will try to take care of my former subordinates.”

How to say retirement without rest more euphemistically, Alan Wilson provided an example in front of Richard.

Richard clearly understood, and the words indicated that he would be completely loyal to the interests of the British Empire and the Mountbatten Group.

“Very well, you are indeed reliable. The truth is that the most important thing in life is to find your own values, and for civil servants as a whole, the British Empire is much more important than the British Isles. That’s not true for elected politicians, who only care about the public opinion of their native constituents, not the overall interests of the British Empire.”

“We, on the other hand, are meant to serve the country for decades, to guarantee the smooth running of the British Empire, to make the right choices in these times of uncertainty, and not to cling to any nebulous consciousness. Everything is in the national interest first!”

Alan Wilson said this and asked, “Do you think the Chinese are anti-imperialist and anti-feudal enough? Didn’t they also immediately accept the claim of the two hundred nautical mile economic exclusive zone? There was no hesitation at all because it was a colonial power’s claim.”

Richard nodded his head, he also admired the top boss in front of him, although there was a foundation laid by the former High Commissioner Gerard Edward, after Allen Wilson arrived, before the end of his two terms, he pulled Malaya to an unprecedented position, completely replacing the role of British India.

If Richard himself is replaced, he thinks that he can not, of course, which is a few Allen Wilson reverse practice of God’s power horror as high commissioner? Did he really think he was joking when he studied the East and the West and straddled capitalism and socialism?

“Familiarize yourself with the overall picture and consider the role of the Malayan colony in the big picture.” Alan Wilson yawned, the recent combination of public and private life did bring a bit of fatigue.

Richard left before he held his forehead and sighed, to say that he didn’t leave behind any hidden problems was merely boasting, the biggest hidden problem he left behind was what had always been considered the Indonesian problem.

But this problem is difficult, Alan Wilson also thought of doing it himself to finalize things.

But after thinking about it, he still restrained this impulse, the Strait of Malacca and the Suez Canal, which are equally important in the world, have such a great value that it is impossible to predict the consequences of an action against Indonesia once it is planned, but of course this is only one of the reasons.

Another more important reason is that if Allen Wilson had taken the initiative himself, once he suffered a shameful failure, he had not thought of a way back, and if he himself was implicated, his path in the bureaucracy would have come to an abrupt end.

If he had planned and done it himself, it would have been very difficult for him to get away with it, but he thought that making Indonesia red was the basis of Britain’s long-term stability, but this was a feasible way for him to compare it with history.

But onlookers certainly do not see it that way, and when the day comes that Indonesia turns red, is he going to explain to those investigating him that the only way to give Britain an excuse not to leave is for Indonesia to turn red and become Britain’s enemy? Who believes it?

Operation success Indonesia discoloration, he can not set aside the blame, the operation failed, Indonesia did not change color, the United States will pressure to let the United Kingdom get out of the way, unless there is someone instead of their own operation, once the pursuit of responsibility to be able to take the initiative to top the mine.

Posed in front of Alan Wilson’s situation does not exist in the victory and defeat, there are only flat and negative, he can choose is, set aside their own responsibility, and then wait for an opportunity in the operation.

If all goes well, successfully succeeded in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Executive Undersecretary, even if it is out of office, he is also Richard’s top boss, to that time, he has the ability to set aside his own responsibility, after all, is not directly responsible for, able to set aside his own responsibility can be assured of bold operation.

This may be a little unfair to Richard, but the good thing is that the parties do not know, now Richard will only be from Alan Wilson explicitly and implicitly hinted at, appreciate the top of the extraordinarily important.

After all, it was such a long time of planning, of course he had to make some secret preparations, to ensure that he was not in the Malayan colony, but also be able to know the colony like the back of his hand, until the time of action can be like a finger.

Pamela Mountbatten returned home with her son in her arms, and came back with Princess Margaret, Princess Margaret was nothing out of the ordinary, but also mentioned that it seemed like there were quite a few new celebrity posters out there, and among the words Allen Wilson judged that what was being said was Xia Meng.

“That actress seems to be very famous in Asia.” Princess Margaret said in some awe, “Chinese dream girl? Never heard of it though.”

“With such a large population size, even if there isn’t one now there will definitely be a world famous big star later.” Alan Wilson smiled and answered his sister-in-law, but the stars that appeared in the Chinese were specific kung fu stars.

There are technically three influential stars in the world, Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

The most famous is not Bruce Lee, who is famous as a cultural symbol. But his own influence has been surpassed by Jackie Chan’s for a long time now, and as for Jet Li, he’s actually nowhere near the first two.

As for who’s kung fu is better, that’s a different question, it’s well known that boxing is divided into weight classes.

“My dear, what I told you about the knighthood should be finalized if we have time.” Pamela Mountbatten, who was not so idle as Her Royal Highness, put her son down and said softly, “The news has been confirmed that the Cabinet is going to pass a bill, and it will not be so easy to ennoble nobles in the future.”

Alan Wilson had a noncommittal expression and asked a question, “I work as a civil servant, if I have a noble title on me, will there be a problem later.”

“Now is definitely no problem, there is no bill that states that hereditary nobles cannot be civil servants.” Princess Margaret immediately replied, as a princess of the royal family, no one knew better than him.

“Just because there’s no bill now doesn’t mean there won’t be one in the future. This thing called a bill, isn’t it all in the hands of the cabinet. If one day, there is such a bill that does not allow hereditary nobles to enter the government?” Alan Wilson said this looking at his wife and sister-in-law, “It’s not impossible for this to happen, for me it’s a hidden danger.”

Concerning the future development of sustainable progress, Allen Wilson does not want to appear a little problem, to say the simplest worry, he is offended a female prime minister, in case people are the treatment of the son of the realm, after coming to power to use the bill to let him say goodbye, then what to do?

Alan Wilson remembered that it seemed like life nobles couldn’t even get into the civil service later on. Usually after retirement, the recognition nature of the knighthood, so that senior civil servants get a knighthood as a commendation.

So he has a resistance to hereditary nobility in his heart, and has never pursued it, but Pamela Mountbatten doesn’t think so, once the Peerage Bill is passed, it will be difficult to take a knighthood in the future in the event that you want to take a knighthood, and the unfavorable factors of the civil service career that her husband is worried about, at least for now, there is no shadow.

“From a baronet does not count as a peerage.” Princess Margaret suddenly spoke up, “A baronet from is hereditary, but is considered a commoner. It’s also addressed as Sir in the title. Many slave barons work for the government, and there are thousands of slave barons with thousands of homes, it’s considered a very large group.”

The Slave Baronetcy is unique in two ways: -The Slave Baronetcy is a hereditary honor, but is not a peerage, so the Slave Baronet does not have a seat in the House of Lords. -A baronet is honored with the title of “Sir”, but is not a “knighthood”.

Since slave barons are not peers, they have the right to participate in the election of the House of Commons, so there are many members of the House of Commons who are from barons, with Lords being peers and slave barons being commoners.

“Then it is.” Pamela Mountbatten immediately agreed once she heard it, she originally wanted to fight for a higher title for her husband, and had already hitched a lot of connections for that purpose, but since her husband was so worried that a bill would pose a threat to his future, she naturally backed off, as long as her husband was happy.

“Actually, I don’t care about any knighthood.” Alan Wilson honestly said, thinking that my Great Britain will play ah, there is such a fuzzy group exists, but he also understands Pamela Mountbatten’s obsession, knowing that Mountbatten’s knighthood has nothing to do with himself, and trying to do everything possible to get the monarch position of Sarawak, it is evident that Pamela Mountbatten’s quest for the status of the nobility.

“Consider it for me and the child.” Pamela Mountbatten opened her mouth with a thirsty look, she knew that her husband viewed the nobility no differently than he saw the commoners, the knighthood was not tempting to him, and decisively played the affection card.

“Well well well.” Alan Wilson nodded bashfully, since Pamela Mountbatten has arranged, he district a flunky which has the qualification to oppose, just by the way, the good comprehensive planning to take back, let the Whitehall and Cabinet look at it, can not pass.

In his eyes, this matter is much more important than what Lord from the baronet. If it went well, he would be able to launch a sprint towards the position of Executive Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs without fear.