British civil servant

In fact, Pamela Mountbatten came to visit her fiancé who was staying here. The main purpose was to go to Australia with some noble friends, and talk to the Australian government about prospecting in Australia.

Snapped!Taking a hard slap on the buttocks of the prodigal girls, Alan Wilson gritted his teeth and said, "Your husband has worked hard, and you took a group of ladies to Australia to play? Are you paying all the travel expenses?"

"It hurts!" Pamela Mountbatten said with tears in her eyes, one hand still covering her buttocks, "It's such a heavy hand, it's broken, it's like this before you get married, and you won't be beaten to death after you get married."

"It's too late for you to regret it now." Alan Wilson said angrily, "Save me and spend my hard-earned money."

"I'm doing business. You asked me to do prospecting. Now in the aristocratic circle, I rely on myself. They don't believe that they can make money. Didn't I bring some nobles over to support the scene?"

After kneading for a long time, Pamela Mountbatten felt the burning sensation in her buttocks lessen, and explained in a low voice, "Don't be so stingy, I trust you unconditionally, but others can't be like me."

There is actually some truth to what he said!Alan Wilson felt for a moment that he had acted a little harder just now, but he must not admit his mistake at this time, otherwise he would be caught off guard and asked about the cost of this trip to Australia.

After a world war, not all the aristocrats were unscathed. Some families of the aristocrats were already struggling, and the cost of a trip to Australia had to be considered.

It was originally Alan Wilson's idea to tie up the aristocratic class to discuss the development of iron mines with Australia. Now it seems that this slap really has no valid reason.

But Alan Wilson couldn't admit his mistakes, and said with strong words that he must maintain a simple style until his career has not progressed, "I think these domestic nobles might as well go to the colonies. Many people are emperors in the colonies, and they are poorer than the natives. Pay attention to the days are much better.”

"Why haven't I heard of it." Pamela Mountbatten twisted her waist and looked back, directly asking Alan Wilson to turn his head back. What to look at, isn't it just a red handprint, there is nothing to see.

"Why not? There was a white king in Sarawak who later signed an agreement with the colonial government. But this agreement can be overturned. Changes in colonial policies are not as unshakable as domestic policies. In fact, I want to make Sarawak Ali Khan’s throne was sold to Maharaja Ali Khan, and the Malaya colonial government had to pay his family’s pension, which is nothing compared to Sarawak’s 10,000+ square kilometers of land.”

Pamela Mountbatten was taken aback, "There is still such a thing, there are still people who don't want to be kings and sell such a large land."

"The world is full of wonders!" Alan Wilson shrugged, "I don't know what he thinks."

The king of Sarawak was a British born in India. During World War II, Japanese troops landed in Kuching and Miri in Sarawak, and then occupied the northern half of Borneo in less than a month. The Dutch, Australian and Australian troops drove to the south of the island.

Before the Japanese army landed, King Weiner Brook had withdrawn 20 pounds in cash from the Sarawak treasury, fled to Sydney, Australia with his wife and children, and then formed a "Sarawak government-in-exile" there.

After Japan surrendered, the king returned to Sarawak.At that time, he signed a treaty with the British Colonial Department, formally ceding his kingdom to Britain, on the condition that the British government pay him and his three daughters a considerable amount of life-long pension.

"Can it succeed?" Pamela Mountbatten asked inexplicably.

"It should be possible. Among the four departments of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Indian Affairs, the Ministry of the Commonwealth, and the Colonial Department, the Colonial Department has the lowest status and has long been responsible for immigration work. Because these four departments are juxtaposed, many local powers are not invited. As long as it works, it’s not impossible to take Sarawak out again.” Alan Wilson conducted a purely technical analysis, explaining the division of powers of the four foreign-related departments in the UK, regardless of the Colonial Department’s seeming influence on the colonies. Great power, in fact, not much power at all.

Alan Wilson is nagging here, thinking about whether he will repay his favor and sell Sarawak to Ali Khan, the monarch of Hyderabad.

Pamela Mountbatten's thinking has entered another track. Although the king has said that Mountbatten's title can be passed on to her daughter, she has an older sister in front of her. Even if the title can be inherited, it is her sister Patricia. Barton's, it is impossible for her to inherit the title.

Now when Alan Wilson mentioned Sarawak, a trace of longing flashed in his eyes, "Can't I be the ruler of Sarawak? It's time to find a place for the Maharaja."

Allen Wilson looked at Pamela Mountbatten suddenly, and said in surprise, "I didn't realize you had this side before."

"I didn't know there was such a thing before. You also know that Patricia's father's title belongs to Patricia. His Majesty only said that daughters can also inherit father's title, but father has more than one daughter." Pamela Mountbatten said somewhat I'm sorry.

Alan Wilson put his hands on his chest, and sat there with a thoughtful expression on his face, "You also know that I don't know much about the title of nobility. Will the hereditary title prevent me from becoming a civil servant?"

He seemed to remember that Churchill refused the title of Duke of London in name only because his son was Prime Minister.Although in fact the son is just a shield, it is obvious that he still wants to be the prime minister.

"Hereditary titles? Domestic titles will be affected, but Sarawak's titles have nothing to do with domestic titles. I'll find an opportunity to ask Elizabeth." Pamela Mountbatten hurriedly said after hearing this, which also involved her blind spots in knowledge, after all This kind of thing is rare, especially the Mountbatten family has not encountered it.

"If you want, you can try." Seeing that his fiancée is so eager, Alan Wilson couldn't refuse directly, but he still reminded, "You can't sacrifice my job, you know? You go to Weiner first Brooke to talk and see if there's any way around it."

Pamela Mountbatten nodded, expressing that she would care about this matter, and in the past few days in Malaya, she and the noble ladies who came with her were directly caught by Alan Wilson.

Aren't these all genuine British nobles? Come out quickly to prove that Ai Zhongtang didn't brag, and these Chinese workers in Newfoundland have doubts in their hearts.

There were a bunch of real nobles cheering, and Alan Wilson talked about the long history of Chinese culture and his own fascination.

"Pamela, does your fiancé really like oriental culture? I heard that he is a student of the Oriental College." Seeing Alan Wilson's performance, the noble lady standing next to Pamela Mountbatten quietly asked.

"It's true that he graduated from Eastern Studies." Pamela Mountbatten answered one of the questions first, and then lowered her voice, "But what Allen is saying now is just polite words. He said that there is no one accurate thing about culture. Measured by statistics, any nation can claim that its culture is extensive and profound, so when talking with people from other civilizations, if you can’t find a reason to get closer, you just brag about the other’s culture.”

"So that's the case!" Several noble ladies next to her nodded their heads one after another, showing expressions of sudden realization.

Alan Wilson didn't know yet that he had been betrayed by his fiancée.

But it’s not wrong to be evaluated in this way. Alan Wilson never thinks that there is no distinction between high and low cultures. Chinese civilization is just a part of world civilization, and neither is high nor low.

If he wants to belittle other civilizations, he only needs to smuggle his own goods in the textbooks.Follow the textbooks in previous lives, and repeat the words how many years the armillary sphere leads the world and how many years the seismograph leads the world.

Geometry was originally ahead of the world for many years. Barabara's blow is completely justified, because except for ancient Greece, the mathematics of other civilizations are all algorithmic routes, and they cannot be compared with the original geometry in terms of quality and quantity.But he didn't do that. If you can't blow that kind of thing well, it is the result of the prehistoric nuclear war in ancient India.

Before Pamela Mountbatten went to Australia, Alan Wilson still knew about being betrayed by his fiancée, and reminded helplessly, "Are you going to strip me naked and show it to your friends?"

"People asked, so that's what I said." Pamela Mountbatten said shyly, "You said that in India."

"I said you can't keep talking." Alan Wilson was furious. "Next time you have no sense of confidentiality, you should spank your ass."

"Understood, I understand that you are cruel, and you were swollen from the beating last time." Pamela Mountbatten begged for mercy, "I will go to Newfoundland to see you after I am done with these things."

Watching the plane disappear from sight, Alan Wilson stretched his neck, and it was time for him to set off.Go to the United States first, and wait for the workers and machinery to hit the road, "I have been to the United States to see what the city on the hill is all about."

Three days later, Alan Wilson, who arrived in Los Angeles, walked out of the airport and found Vivien Leigh's residence according to the address he wrote down.

Chapter 4 My Friend McCarthy

Although California has a relatively friendly environment in the United States, Alan Wilson, who has just left Malaya, always feels a little chilly, but the mere chill cannot quench the fiery heart of the Governor of Newfoundland. After that, I will go to the Boston consulate to report, and then I will go to Newfoundland to take up my post.

Regarding Alan Wilson's visit, Vivien Leigh looked surprised, stretched out her small fist and hammered the man's chest, and said happily, "It's so cruel, I thought you forgot me. "

"How dare you? Which Englishman dares to forget the gift of the national treasure." He grabbed Vivien Leigh's hand and kissed it. The next moment, he picked up the Great Britain Treasure from the door, and closed the door with his heels as if it was equipped with a navigation system. Long time no see, I miss you very much.

In the season of spring, when everything comes back to life, Alan Wilson is going to do something in line with the coming of spring.

In the spacious bathtub, Vivien Leigh lay comfortably in Alan Wilson's arms, seemingly relieved of all fatigue, her eyes half-opened, and the back of her head rubbing against the man's neck, "If you go to Newfoundland to be the governor, it's not impossible How long are you staying in Los Angeles?"

"Anyway, I'm on a continent, and I'll try to spare time to see you." Alan Wilson kissed Great Britain Treasure on the cheek, "Vivienne, isn't the environment here much better than London?"

"No matter how good the environment is, what's the use of not having a man to rely on?" Vivien Leigh snorted softly. She didn't know if she was complaining, or because of the collateral reaction of the mischievous hand under the bubble, "You just throw me in the United States, Turn around and get engaged."

"Vivienne!" Alan Wilson was a little embarrassed. He was about to explain that Vivien Leigh turned over and looked at each other. He didn't know where to start.

"I know, I am much older than you. And I have been married twice!" Vivien Leigh said sadly, "Don't mention the past, you have helped me a lot, I don't ask for anything."

"If you say that, I'm even more ashamed." Alan Wilson couldn't help but sigh. He thought it was difficult for him to explain this problem, but in fact it was really difficult.

He didn't know that Vivien Leigh's ability to avoid trouble in the end was not due to some profound reasoning, but the simplest reasoning. Those who are close to vermilion are red and those who are close to ink are black. The best friend of Great Britain Treasure in the United States is Katharine Hepburn.

And Katharine Hepburn is the protagonist whose partner can't divorce because of Catholicism, and she has been prostitution for nothing, and she still accepts the protagonist.

If you change friends like Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, maybe the British treasure has changed a few partners by now, forgetting about Alan Wilson.

I didn't go into why the Great British Treasure didn't make a fuss, but Alan Wilson, who was just made a fuss by his fiancée in Malaya, felt that it was a good thing to get through so easily.If you don't delve into it, you won't find out Katharine Hepburn.

In Vivien Leigh's house, Alan Wilson comforted himself with peace of mind that machinery and labor would go to Newfoundland by boat.I can use this time to adjust, and I am not in a hurry to take up the post.

Vivien Leigh and Vivien Leigh seem to be a normal couple living here. Vivien Leigh also mentioned that it was not as easy as before the war when she came to the United States this time. The popularity has increased, and last year's sales reached 500 million US dollars, which made her and many female stars who hold shares very excited.

Joan Crawford came, pretending to be a guest, and whenever she saw a mirror, she always looked at herself carefully.She believed that she didn't look too ugly-a straight and generous nose, white high forehead horns, shiny wavy black hair, and sometimes dark eyes with dark eyes.

However, due to the misfortune of her family, the nature of her previous occupation, and various interpersonal relationships, not only did she never have any real friends in the past, but, in her opinion, she may not be able to find them now.

According to Joan Crawford, the trip to British India was a very big breakthrough, which relieved a lot of the tension and melancholy that had plagued her all along. He has been rolling in the vanity fair of Hollywood, at least he has a lot more room for maneuver.

But then again, even before she had earned a penny, she had been thinking to herself: If she was like other women, she would have a better dress, a better coat, a pair of nicer clothes. A little bit of shoes, and a set of well-crafted clothes, how wonderful it would be!ah!High-end clothes, beautiful houses.

Joan Crawford's pursuit is no different from that of ordinary women, and she does not have a good family to support these like Vivien Leigh, so she can only rely on her own struggle.

It's just that when she came, Alan Wilson was not there, but went to the consulate to get the documents.

As an upcoming consul, at least concurrently serving as the consul of the Boston Consulate, it is not too much for him to get acquainted with the upcoming job, and then he came back with the information of the US Senator and important Congressman.

In view of the special relationship between Britain and the United States, Alan Wilson did not want to use the term intelligence to describe the materials he brought back. Anyway, Britain and the United States are close allies, although these materials are actually intelligence.Diplomatic agencies have always been semi-secret spy agencies.

When I came back again, Joan Crawford and Heidi Lamarr were chatting with Vivien Leigh in the living room. Alan Wilson was a little embarrassed. After all, they were friends who had a close relationship, but they were not embarrassed, and there was no need for them to be embarrassed all the time. , said hello and went upstairs with a pack of documents.

"Now you don't cheat anymore, we're living together now." Joan Crawford teased meaningfully, "It just so happens that Vivienne is a single woman again, so she can think about herself."

"Don't make trouble, he came to work in North America." Vivien Leigh said shyly with a blushing face, "My divorce has nothing to do with Ellen, it's because Oliver had an unclear relationship with other women when I went to British India , which led to the marriage change."

"Oh, is that so? Who gave you the idea?" Joan Crawford understood this set of thieves yelling catch a thief by heart. She believed Vivien Leigh's words. A married man can do it for more than a year without his wife around. Ascetic?

In this case, as long as the woman pays attention, it is of course a sure thing to catch. In Joan Crawford's view, Vivien Leigh was already prepared before returning to London, and she was the first to launch an attack to obtain evidence in her favor.

Joan Crawford's guess?In fact, it is the truth, only the difference in details, as for the person who came up with the idea just went upstairs.

"What kind of work is Allen here this time?" Heidi Lama put her legs together, and she asked curiously at this time, "Didn't I hear that he was transferred back to Europe?"

"I heard that they came to be the Governor of Newfoundland and the consul of Boston." Vivien Leigh didn't realize that when she mentioned Alan Wilson's work, she had a sense of pride.

"Governor? My God!" Heidi Lamarr is not an American like Joan Crawford. She certainly understands what a governor means. Even if she is not as powerful as the governor of the Third Reich, she should not say no. Count it as a decoration.

Heidi Rama guessed right. The governors of the British Empire are divided into two types. One is the governor of the Dominions, similar to the governors of Australia and Canada.

The other is the colonial governor. The colonial governor is not the governor of the dominion who has no real power.Although it is not like the wartime governors with all the powers set up by the Third Reich, they are also the real leaders of a place.

It just so happens that British Newfoundland is currently a colony, not a dominion, so Alan Wilson, the governor, has real power.

In fact, after a trip to British India, Joan Crawford also understood that he had been in the country before, and the capitalists he cultivated were the inherent thinking of the father of an official, which may not necessarily be universal.

So after hearing Vivien Leigh mentioning that Alan Wilson was here to be the governor, I couldn't help but sigh that he was so young...

Upstairs, Alan Wilson, although he could also hear the faint voices of the three female stars, turned a deaf ear to them, flipping through pages of the American political information provided by the consulate.

Including, but not limited to, Republican and Democratic foreign policy analysis, and specific politician biographies.

In the end, Allen Wilson extracted from these thick documents the documents of Republican Senator McCarthy, who was born in a small farm family in Appleton, Wisconsin, and ranked fifth in the family.When he grew up, he chose to study at Marquette University in the state because of his Catholicism.

After graduation, he began practicing law.Before the war, he was given the opportunity to serve as a judge of the Seventh District Circuit Court of Wisconsin, thus joining the system as "the youngest judge in the history of the district".When the United States entered World War II, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.In [-], with his outstanding eloquence and clear stand, he was successfully elected as a U.S. Republican Senator.

On the back of McCarthy's document, the consulate gave a remark, "A mediocre alcoholic, no matter from any point of view, is a very ordinary character, who has disappeared from the American political arena at some point."

"Whoa!" Alan Wilson, holding documents on McCarthy in both hands, a do-nothing alcoholic?Drunkards should be real, but mediocrity should be out of the question, there is always a time to shine.

The document states that McCarthy, apart from his heavy drinking, is not a difficult person to approach, and can even be rated as good when he is sober, but he is less sober.

Now McCarthy should be very average senator, Alan Wilson has an immature idea, simply my friend McCarthy

4 chapters and four key years

At present, McCarthy is far from the time when he is all-powerful, and he is just a very ordinary senator in the Republican Party.

The British Consulate's evaluation is not wrong, it can be said to be very appropriate. If McCarthy's final downfall is taken into account, this is a very correct evaluation.

Was McCarthy finally down and abandoned because he opposed all kinds of communism?Absolutely not. In fact, for a politician like McCarthy, opposition to communism is a plus, not a minus.

The reason why McCarthy lost everyone in the end can be attributed to his poor brain. When the Democrats were in power, he did this with the support of the Republican Party, but when the government changed to the Republican Party, he still did it, except that he drank too much. , for no other reason.

From this point of view, McCarthy should not be a leader of the establishment, but a relatively grassroots figure within the Republican Party, so the consulate gave a very ordinary evaluation.

Even the United Kingdom, the originator of modern intelligence, cannot predict the future. It does not know the meaning of the hero of the times. It is this drunkard who is often drunk, who will make the United States jump, but this is not necessarily the case for the United Kingdom. bad thing.

As for the foreign policies of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, the Democratic Party of the United States has always shown itself aggressive. Since the Westward Expansion Movement in the [-]th century, the Democratic Party of the United States has always used war as a means to solve problems.

The Republican Party, on the other hand, is an enlightened faction, advocating isolationism. Of course, there is something London is dissatisfied with, that is, it opposes the Marshall Plan and believes that European countries can tide over the difficulties on their own.

The supporters of the Democrats were Southern whites, Midwestern farmers, descendants of the Confederate States of America.

The latter are rednecks, with supporters of the Republican Party in the Great Lakes region and the developed economic belt on the East Coast.

This is exactly the opposite of the world's impression of the two parties decades later. In the 60s, because of the issue of affirmative action, the positions of the Republican Party and the Democratic Party will undergo a switch.

Now the Democratic Party, which protects the rights of white people and interferes with foreign parties, will step by step towards the line of black lives.At this time, the Republican Party, which is an enlightened and free self-proclaimed American, will gradually become what it will be in later generations.

"Thinking about it now, isn't it [-]? The famous incident of Mr. Chang betting wrongly." Alan Wilson calculated the time, and this year happened to be an election year.

Partisanship in an election year serves only as a guide, because winning will stop at nothing.The Republican Party could also present an anti-Soviet appearance, accusing the Democrats of being soft on the Soviet Union.Even though the Republican Party has always opposed it, the Democratic Party's Marshall Plan supports Europe.

If the Republican Party wins the election this time, the Marshall Plan can be completely stopped after the election.And because Roosevelt was re-elected as president many times, it seems that the current public opinion in the United States favors the Republican Party more.

This kind of public opinion's favor finally made Chang Gong also fall into the pit, and supported Dewey with Truman's aid.This one-handed use of American money to do American affairs is obviously not well-managed. It is estimated that he did not do the micro-manipulation in person. If he did the micro-management himself, it should be even more shameful.

Put away the information of other US senators, but leave the information of McCarthy himself.Now, on the premise that he will be working in North America in the short term, he can get to know this influential figure in a few years later at an appropriate time.

In fact, McCarthyism can be brought forward. When the results of this general election come to fruition, it can start if Truman is re-elected. If Truman is re-elected, the Republican Party will definitely be depressed for a while. After all, Dewey is far ahead in terms of momentum and polls. For the Republican Party, which has been in opposition for 20 years, it must be uncomfortable.

At that time, it was time to express the special relationship between Britain and the United States. Of course, the top priority now is to be busy with your own affairs. Alan Wilson, who felt empty in his stomach, yelled downstairs while packing up the materials, "Vivian, I'm hungry. "

"Ouch!" Seeing that Vivien Leigh got up to go to the kitchen after hearing the call, Heidi Lamarr and Joan Crawford teased, "Our Vivienne is really a good wife and mother."

"Don't think too much about it, Alan is young, when he is officially growing up." Vivien Leigh explained in a concealed manner.

small?Joan Crawford rolled her eyes and didn't agree with Vivien Leigh's statement, it was obviously a very satisfactory size.

Heidi Lamarr and Joan Crawford were left behind without incident. Alan Wilson asked how the past year has been and if there is anything that needs help.

"But then again, all parts of the world are in ruins, and the limelight of the United States is now the strongest." Alan Wilson ate a chicken leg, and Vivien Leigh's cooking skills were very unflattering.

"No matter how good you are, I have been the governor in such a short time." Heidi Rama raised her face and said with a half-smile. pleasure."

"When did you become a young actor in Hollywood?" Alan Wilson chuckled, then sighed, "The situation in Newfoundland is very bad, and it may not be independent at any time. I am going to be the governor this time. In fact, in the eyes of London A transitional candidate, being the consul in Boston is more important in London. How is that place!"