Chapter 307 The Great Former Prime Minister

"Well, that makes sense, but we have to do something serious." When Mountbatten saw that it was his wife who expressed her opinion, he naturally couldn't veto it face to face, so he changed his tone to a softer tone.

Edwina Ashley raised her eyebrows, and a trace of displeasure flashed across her face, "Actually, you don't have to bother at all. Since you know it's a powder keg, why can't you just spend the last bit of time and go back to China?"

"Edwina, I cannot agree to this. Your Majesty leaves this matter to me, and I will naturally get it done. Even if this matter is indeed very difficult, not to mention that from my understanding, Nehru This person is still reasonable." Mountbatten shook his head and said without changing his original intention, "At least we must try hard to protect the rights and interests of all parties as much as possible, and then leave."

"But I heard that the opposition between the parties is very fierce, and it may not be easy to achieve the goal." Edwina Ashley sighed, "If it was very easy to do, I wouldn't force you to take office."

At this time, Mountbatten still had a naive idea to protect the interests of all parties. When he took office, he conceived a plan: in order to maintain even the superficial unity of the subcontinent, India would be divided into Three parts - Hindustan, Pakistan and princely states.

"Such a naive idea?" After hearing the words of the young spy Pamela Mountbatten, Alan Wilson was not surprised. After all, the Governor was a geek who built warships and built ice aircraft carriers.

Therefore, it is very normal that the Governor does not find it difficult for everyone to handle.

"What's wrong?" Seeing the man's uncertain expression, Pamela Mountbatten was a little worried. She still liked him. When she saw her sweetheart's frown, she immediately felt the same, and the distance between them became closer.

"Your father was a good man when he wasn't having fantastic ideas, but he was a little too conceited." Alan Wilson tilted his body, and his head rested on Pamela Mountbatten's shoulder. Under normal circumstances, it should be the other way around. However, the opportunity cannot be missed, and he can only seize the opportunity in front of him.

While worrying about the country and the people, it shows the fragility of a man. If it weren't for the constant puffing of air from the nose, it would be a beautiful picture.

"In this case, does meeting Mr. Ali Jinnah have less weight than the Congress Party? You must know that the Congress Party has multiple leaders, and Ali Jinnah on the Muslim League side sticks to his words."

Since Governor Mountbatten still had naive ideas about things in British India, he needed someone to bring the Governor's ideas back to reality, and Ali Jinnah, the leader of the Muslim League, was the best candidate.

"Stick your tongue out." Before letting Pamela Mountbatten go back, Alan Wilson gave the governor's daughter a tongue kiss in a strong tone as a reward. He refused to accept it before letting Pamela Mountbatten go back, who was dizzy.

The poor governor's daughter was played between the palms of her hands, and the base of her tongue was a little painful and she was still bearing the pain.

Since the Viceroy wanted to do big things, it became extremely important to introduce Ali Jinnah as a tough stance and bring the Viceroy back to reality, but of course this was not enough.

Mountbatten was extremely arrogant, especially when he thought he was right.

There has to be a way. Alan Wilson came to find Sir Barron to discuss. Who can put pressure on Governor Mountbatten?

"Before the Governor came to British India, he specifically warned the Prime Minister not to interfere. Judging from the Prime Minister's understanding among all walks of life, the Prime Minister should abide by his promise." Sir Barron shook his head and said, "So we hope that London will calm down the Governor. It’s an extremely difficult thing.”

"We can't just watch the interests of the British Empire suffer. Put all our hope in Ali Jinnah?" Alan Wilson frowned and said, "What if it doesn't work? It's not that there is no way. We can think There is a way to expose the true face of the Congress Party and let the Governor understand that this is not a matter of a certain leader. Since there is no way to exert pressure at the official level, is there any other candidate?"

"This person must have widespread majesty, worldwide popularity, and a distinctive character! He must not be a member of the ruling party.

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"You also need to have a good personal relationship with the governor, be able to speak well, and have the courage to not be afraid of difficulties."

"Stubbornness is not a shortcoming, at least compared to the naive Governor, it is not a shortcoming at all."

"I have always been concerned about the situation in British India. I am unwilling to be lonely and have always wanted to continue to serve the British Empire."

Sir Barron and Alan Wilson were talking to themselves. As they talked, their expressions changed. There really is such a person in the British Empire today who meets all the characteristics mentioned above.

Almost simultaneously, Alan Wilson and Lord Barron looked at each other and said the same man's name, "Mr. Churchill."

"The great former prime minister!" Alan Wilson looked serious, and his title changed from Mr. Churchill to the great former prime minister.

"Defender of the British Empire." Sir Barron frowned and kept clicking his tongue.

"Has wide popularity, even more famous than the current prime minister."

"We have always adopted a tough attitude towards the colonies, protected the interests belonging to the British Empire, and have been fighting for this."

"The key is that he does not belong to the ruling party. This does not violate the verbal agreement between the government and the governor."

Many rainbow farts came out of the mouths of the two leaders of the British Indian administration. Mr. Churchill turned into a great former Prime Minister. Firing in the House of Commons turned into defending the interests of the British Empire. Even the face of the bull terrier looked special. It's nostalgic.

"On the one hand, we arranged for Jinnah to meet with the Governor to put out the fire for the Governor's naive ideas. On the other hand, we informed Sir Edward of the Governor's naive ideas and pointed out that Churchill was the person best able to stop the Governor." Sir Barron said it right. Then, a whole set of countermeasures were decided.

"The Governor-General wants to invite Gandhi to meet." At this moment, the commissioner's secretary Edel came in and reported.

"Meet Jinnah first and arrange a meeting between Jinnah and the Governor." Sir Barron paused and said, "It is said that Jinnah especially wants to meet with the Governor, and we have agreed. If not, the Muslim League will Doubt the sincerity of the new Governor.”

In order for Mountbatten to successfully implement his plan in extraordinary times, he must obtain the support of Gandhi. Gandhi's role cannot be ignored whether it is the Congress Party or India's independence.

Mountbatten had just arrived in India and before the inauguration ceremony was held, he sent a letter to Gandhi, inviting him to meet and saying that if he was willing, Mountbatten would send a special plane to take him from Bihar to Delhi. Gandhi refused the Governor's plane and said he would take a train to Delhi when the time came.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lord Barron arranged for Ali Jinnah to meet with Ali Jinnah before Gandhiji did.

At the same time, he met with the popular Governor's wife and made a request to inform Sir Edward of the matters here in the name of Edwina Ashley, the Governor's wife.

All that was needed was a name, and the content of the telegram was naturally drafted by Lord Barron.

"You won't do anything bad to my husband, right?" Edwina Ashley asked suspiciously.

Although the British Empire did not have a tradition of subjugating superiors, this did not mean that Edwina Ashley did not have doubts.

"Dear Madam, we will not lie to you, and we also know the agreement between the Governor and the Prime Minister. But we must truthfully report the things here to London." Sir Barron said solemnly, "We are afraid of the Governor's rashness This move has caused irreversible consequences, and taking all kinds of measures to remedy it will only cause a waste of time and space, which is a shameful crime for the current British Empire."

"It's not that serious. I'm just trying to be as safe as possible." As soon as he heard about the shameful crime, Alan Wilson immediately spoke to make amends, saying that it was not as serious as Sir Barron said.

This telegram was successfully sent and arrived in London with the best wishes from all over British India.

If it were in the mainland, it would definitely be detrimental to the affairs officers to have such a big battle with the affairs officers.

But it was different in the colonies. In the final analysis, the administrative relations and personnel arrangements of British India depended on London.

Governor Mountbatten could not expel any of the senior administrators of British India without Sir Edward's consent.

I don’t know if Alan Wilson responded to this telegram asking the former Prime Minister to intervene. According to the time, Churchill should now deliver the Iron Curtain Speech this year, urging Americans to quickly target the Soviet Union and defend the precious qualities of the free world. .

This is nothing new. As early as World War I, the British Empire launched a propaganda offensive to portray the Second German Reich as a dictatorial, centralized, and illiberal challenger.

Once Germany controls the world, it will establish a true empire and make every country crawl under the feet of the Germans.

The UK has long been proficient in this area. So far, the most difficult country to deal with in the propaganda war is France. Germany is really not a serious opponent in terms of propaganda.

I don’t know if the former Prime Minister who has always been vocal about defending the British Empire is just talking about it or is he really willing to do his part.

At the same time, the Governor-General's Office sent people to get in touch with Ali Jinnah and informed the leader of the Muslim League that the Governor-General was willing to be the first to meet with Ali Jinnah after taking office. Of course, in terms of external caliber, it must be Ali Jinnah who took the initiative. Communicate with the Governor and hope that the leader of the Muslim League can understand.

Lord Barron then informed Governor Mountbatten of the news of Jinnah's meeting. Although this was unexpected, it did not arouse Mountbatten's dissatisfaction. As long as he met a big shot, it was not very important who came first and who came last.

Naturally, before the arrival of Ali Jinnah, the current agenda was to focus on people-friendly activities and to see what the various classes represented.