The lord hunted down by the game

Chapter 261 The Horrible Caste System
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"Well, you can go."

The lowered eyes of the local gang representative who was nodding and bowing flashed a trace of coldness, and then was quickly replaced by flattery. He bowed and exited the door of the best hotel in Kolkata.

After Yuri heard the sound of the door closing, a mocking arc formed at the corner of Yuri's mouth.

Yuri would never look kindly on this kind of local snake who treats him as a fat sheep.

As for revenge...

Leaving aside the strength of Yuri's Tier 4 hero, Calcutta, as one of the most important trading port cities of the Indian Empire under Mi Zi, has a well-deserved No. [-] security in the Indian Empire.

Perhaps the safety of civilians cannot be guaranteed, but if something happens to the nobles here, wouldn't it be a slap in the face of the British colonial authorities?

In this world, accidents to nobles and accidents to civilians are completely different concepts for the national government. Even if it is a down-and-out nobleman, as long as the genealogy is still there and the legal heir is not dead, he can get security guarantees and even the respect of government departments. !
This is not mandated by the law, but the class concept formed in people's minds under the long-term rule of the aristocracy.

This is like in Yuri's previous life, if a top rich man or a powerful person was kidnapped, it would definitely become big news, but what if an ordinary person was kidnapped?

Not to mention kidnapping ordinary people, even if ordinary people are killed, how many days can they stay on the news?

This was still the case in the civilized society in Yuri's previous life, let alone this backward world where the social class is very clear.

Of course, if you go to a remote city in the interior of the Indian Empire where the law and order is chaotic, I am afraid that the safety of Yuri, a down-and-out Spanish nobleman, cannot be guaranteed.

After all, it was impossible for the British colonists to station troops and a large number of police forces in every city. Even many cities in the interior of the Indian Empire were still controlled by the princes of the British state.

They are actually semi-independent countries, and they usually 'pay taxes' to the British colonial government. Of course, Indian maharajas prefer to call it 'tribute'.

During wartime, troops would be sent to assist the British army in fighting as needed.

In fact, it is to pull a group of cannon fodder that does not need to pay military salaries for the British to use.

After all, the Indian Empire is too vast, and it is thousands of miles away from the British mainland. In this era without telegraphs, one can imagine how strong the British mainland's control over the Indian Empire is.

Except for serious great-power war incidents, [-]% of the internal affairs of the Indian Empire are actually adjudicated by the Governor's Office of the Indian Empire.

Although the Governor-General of India does not have a crown, his rights are no different from those of an emperor in India. It is just that he cannot be hereditary and there is an 'overlord' above him.

In fact, the British colonists were able to colonize the entire Indian subcontinent in such a short period of time and establish an Indian empire by giving the Indian governor almost unlimited rights.

If you really have to report everything to the London government, the British colonists can't do anything in the Indian subcontinent...

This point is similar to the way the thirteen states of British North America were ruled, except that the Indian Empire had only one governor, while the thirteen states of British North America had thirteen governors...

However, compared with the thirteen states of British North America at that time, the London government was not worried that the Governor of the Indian Empire would rebel. The reason is simple, the Governor of India has no mass base here.

Among the original thirteen states of British North America, the main ethnic groups were white immigrants, but in the Indian subcontinent, there were only a handful of white immigrants, and the local Brahmins and Kshatriyas were the local natives.

After these people were conquered by the British, they naturally kneeled and licked the London government one by one. They were all highly educated people and knew how powerful the British were.

If the governor of India dares to rebel, these Brahmins and Kshatriyas will be the first to object.

They will not accompany the Governor of India to fight against the extremely powerful British Empire.

Of course, there are bloody Brahmins and Kshatriyas, but they are a minority after all. These Indian aboriginal nobles who have enjoyed their blood and caste for thousands of years are very satisfied with their current life.

After all, the number of British colonists is too small and the mainland is too far away. If they want to control the Indian subcontinent, the British must need local Brahmins and Kshatriyas. These Indian indigenous nobles can continue to enslave the people of the lower castes with peace of mind.

It was only when I came to Calcutta that Yuri realized that the Indian Empire, which was advertised by the British, was actually controlled by the British Governor. It was mainly the major coastal cities and some inland cities, and the villages and other areas were completely 'trusted' to the Brahmins and the British Kshatriya.

The indigenous Brahmins and Kshatriyas of India have become the "taxpayers" of the British colonial government. Whether it is searching for money or conquering labor, the cooperation of Brahmins and Kshatriyas in all aspects is indispensable.

Because of this, although the British came to the Indian subcontinent with the Bible, they had no intention of completely abolishing local Hinduism (that is, Brahmanism) and Buddhism. After all, these two major sects were too effective in promoting British colonization.

It is precisely by relying on the cooperation of these local snakes that the British Empire can get a hundred times wealth return from the Indian Empire every year at a very low cost of governance!

The Indian subcontinent brought more wealth to the British government than the most profitable spice trade in continental Europe!
Of course, under the reckless exploitation of the British colonial government, most people of the lower castes in India simply did not have enough to eat.

Even in Calcutta, Yuri can see the skinny and undernourished Indian laborers of the lower castes everywhere.

Interestingly, most of the Indian policemen who helped the British colonial government to rule the region were from Kshatriya or even Brahmin origins. On the contrary, the Indian native troops recruited by the British to the front line, except for the officers, were all from lower castes .

The reason for this phenomenon is simple. The British colonists discovered that in the Indian subcontinent, lower caste people had a natural sense of awe for upper caste people, and upper caste people were very good at enslaving and controlling lower caste people. .

Therefore, the policemen acted by Brahmins and Kshatriyas will hardly be attacked by desperadoes of lower castes.

And the Kshatriya Brahmin acting as an officer can also make the British Indian servant army stable as cannon fodder to the greatest extent.

The biggest reason why the British colonization in the Indian subcontinent was so successful is because they did not break the caste hierarchy of the Indian subcontinent, but made full use of this caste system.

Of course, the white faces played by Yuri are also of Brahmin or Kshatriya caste here in the Indian subcontinent.

Thank you Jueyan for rewarding 300 starting coins.

(End of this chapter)