Chapter 227 Two-Pronged Approach
Although thanks to Alan Wilson, the current British India may be in worse conditions than the historical British India.
But there is a saying that says that if there are difficulties, you must overcome them, and if you don’t have difficulties, you must overcome difficulties.
The more difficult it is, the more we must give full play to our subjective initiative, tap our internal potential, and work together to fight against natural disasters.
Even if it is difficult to go to the front line in person, what is the difficulty in making a show, if it is really not good, just use the pen, and the following people will naturally solve the problem when making decisions. If it cannot be solved, it can only be said that the Indian civil servants are incompetent, and the British civil servants give With an impeccably perfect plan, the Indians had problems executing it.
In discussions with the chief executives of various provinces, a complete drought relief plan was finally produced. This scheme reflects the excellent quality of the civil service in the British Empire.
The Governor-General of British India, as well as the chief executives of the provinces, attached great importance to the severe drought in some areas of British India, and paid close attention to the development of the disaster and its impact on production and life.
It is necessary to intensify efforts to combat drought, and take it as an important task to protect people's livelihood and promote development, and all relevant departments should further strengthen the guidance and support of drought combat.
We must insist on giving top priority to ensuring the safety of drinking water for the masses, make overall plans for drought-resistant water sources and water demand, scientifically dispatch water conservancy projects, and minimize the impact and loss of drought.
The problem of drinking water for the masses should be given top priority in the drought relief work, and every effort should be made to deliver water to the masses, find water and dig wells, and help localities speed up the construction of emergency water source projects to alleviate the drinking water difficulties for humans and animals as soon as possible.
According to the needs of the current season's production, actively support local governments to repair water conservancy, dredge rivers, and irrigate farmland.
It is absolutely impeccable in terms of wording and sentence making, and no one can find fault with this plan. The only problem may be that Indians who don't know a single character may not know whether this thing exists at all.
Of course, that is the business of the Indians themselves. In terms of attitude, the Governor's Office has shown its determination to attach great importance to it.
But there are always accidents in life. If there is an accident, it can only be said that this may be life, and sometimes such things will happen.
"By the way, gentlemen, I would like to remind you of some things in personal friendship. It is best not to keep the Indian currency in your hand, and exchange it for pounds or gold. In the event of a natural disaster, the value of the rupee may not be stable. .At critical moments, gold is more reassuring.”
After talking about the trivial matters of fighting the drought, Alan Wilson expressed his concern for the legal property of many gentlemen.
In the hands of these Indian chief executives, there must be Indian currency, but it is more or less a problem.
Not to mention that Alan Wilson hasn't smoked the money printing machine yet, and the Indian rupee is not usually a stable currency.
In the face of a possible drought, this kind of worthless currency cannot be kept. It is very likely that the slightest disturbance will cause the loss of the legal property of many gentlemen.
"That's right, we really can't keep rupees, and exchange them for gold. It will be convenient to leave at that time." Andrew, the chief executive of Bangladesh Province, very much agrees with this reminder.
The civil servants of British India reached a consensus on this matter in a tenth of the time it took to talk about the drought just now.
"We will contact by telegram when the time comes, and we will act in unison. We are working in British India, and we have to follow the Romans, which is not too difficult." Alan Wilson reminded the problem of gold, and then began to talk about the drought. "Necessary When the time comes, grab some dirt and wipe your face, lie down directly in front of the public, and fall unconscious on the front line of the drought, what is so difficult about it."
"The main reason is that we have never done this before, although it is not difficult." Burke, the Chief Executive of the United Provinces, smiled bitterly, "When did we ever do such a thing, we are not gentlemen at all."
"This year, everyone has received a more practical return than many years of hard work in the past. Making money is not such a shameful thing.
right? Seeing a lot of people nodding, Alan Wilson said persuasively, "Everyone still wants to continue serving the British Empire. If the drought is not brought under control, our promotion... There may be twists and turns in the process of serving the Empire. After all, it is for ourselves. "
Only by putting a long line can you catch big fish. You can’t always think about buying and selling with one hammer, and then you will be an apartment when you return to China. That would be very short-sighted.
For example, the chief executive of the Central Province, whose hair is already gray and who can’t see clearly without his glasses, is only fifty-nine years old. For a civil servant, he is in the prime of life, and he can continue to serve the British in other colonies. Imperial service for twenty years.
"When the time comes, everyone will contact by telegram. Don't act alone." As the meeting came to an end, Alan Wilson relaxed again, "Maybe the situation is not as serious as we imagined, but if there are unexpected results, collective action will always We have more people and greater strength, so we should make fewer enemies and more friends."
The standard of drought depends on how you look at it. British India is currently in a state of relying on the sky.
Simply put, this state is that there are natural disasters every year. If you don’t believe me, you can read the records of Chinese history. Floods and droughts happen every year, but it’s just a matter of size.
This is the state of British India. It is just that sometimes the level of natural disasters has not reached the shocking number of deaths. This can be regarded as a good year this year. It does not mean that no one really starved to death.
If there are not many people starving to death, Indians are used to it, after all, it has been like this for thousands of years.
At the end of the meeting, Alan Wilson remembered one more thing, slapped his head and said with some annoyance, "Look at my head, if there is really an uncontrollable situation, think about it numerically. Four Years ago, the Governor’s Office calculated the population of British India, which was 160 million. There is still a lot of leeway for us, as long as there are no major problems in the accounts, no one can blame us.”
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In 1941, the population of British India was 160 million on paper. In terms of the authenticity of this number, it cannot be faked. After India's independence, its own statistical population is close to 400 million, and this error is almost doubled.
Even if there is a real drought, no one will see any flaws in the books, because the population statistics of British India are all fake.
On this side, British India is holding an emergency meeting on the possible problems of drought.
London, thousands of miles away, is also discussing the issue of British India. Edward Bridges is very honest and explained the possible difficulties to Prime Minister Attlee.
"It's a big problem, but the local people don't have the strength to help British India." Prime Minister Attlee looked embarrassed, showing that the landlord's family didn't have any food left.
"Dear Prime Minister, British Indian civil servants have always been synonymous with integrity and efficiency. This time the appeal is not for help, but for the mainland to help the subcontinent from another level." Edward Bridges listened to Prime Minister Attlee's expression It is very embarrassing, but the tone is firm, directly expressing that you have misunderstood the Prime Minister.
Sure enough, Prime Minister Attlee, who had always regarded himself as a true socialist, asked Edward Bridges to continue when he heard that he was not asking for help. This showed the consistent position of the British Empire and was willing to provide all support except help.
"Natural disasters can be overcome, and the key is government." Edward Bridges said sternly, "If it weren't for the struggle between the Congress Party and the Muslim League, which involved the energy of British Indian civil servants, many disasters would They are all preventable and controllable, just like the Bangladesh famine.”
"Is that so?" Prime Minister Attlee looked suspiciously, even the Bengal famine could be prevented and controlled?
"Of course it is. When the Great Famine broke out in Bangladesh, the struggle between the Muslim League and the Congress Party was extremely fierce. The Japanese spread some public opinion, which led to the instability of British India. The local civil servants devoted a lot of energy to fighting against this In terms of hostility, the lack of cooperation between the Muslim League and the Congress Party led to the outbreak of the Great Famine in Bangladesh.”
Edward Bridges lied without blushing and without beating his heart, and blamed the Congress Party, the Muslim League, and even the Japanese for the cause of the Great Bengal Famine.
"If it can be ruled out, the interference of the Congress Party and the Muslim League on the Governor's Palace. I believe this drought can be fought." Edward Bridges put forward his own suggestion, "According to news from British India , the Congress Party and the Muslim League also intend to send a mission to London to explain their views on the future of the subcontinent.”
"Isn't it too childish to let the political forces of the two colonies come to the heart of the empire?" Attlee hesitated. After all, although this kind of thing had never happened before, he didn't want it to happen during his tenure.
Do you think Congress is usually a joke? Edward Bridges thought so in his heart, but he didn't say it, and said from another angle, "Actually, it is not a bad thing for the hostility of the two forces to be known to the whole world. In this way, many countries will understand that in order to maintain the subcontinent Wholeness, how much effort the British Empire has put in."
"Well, Sir Edward, let me think about it." Attlee didn't make a decision right away, and decided to ask Norman Brooke.
"Yes, Prime Minister." Edward Bridges nodded slightly and left the Prime Minister's office.
Not long after, Norman Brook received a telegram and went to the prime minister's office to stay for a long time. The news was immediately sent to the cabinet secretary's office, "Prepare to send a telegram to India, it should not be a problem."
Edward Bridges commanded his private secretary with a calm expression, "Tell Barron to deal with matters in British India properly."