British civil servant

As for the fact that the head of state has the same car and sixty catties of gold, there is no need for Alan Wilson to let Mark know that he is troubled with him. These little pains are completely acceptable to him.

Isabella Bokina, who is already a typical representative of German women in the new era, looked at the issued document with a beautiful side face showing a thoughtful look, and Anna at the side asked, "What's the matter, sister."

"There are loopholes in the regulations of the Trade Commission." Isabella Pokina looked at her titular sister, and habitually wanted to brush the ends of her hair, but her bare hand stayed in place, almost forgetting that her long hair had been cut short.

"What loophole?" Anne was younger than Pokina both in terms of physical age and mental age, and she was only theoretically superior.

"Just propaganda is useless. The British don't understand this." Isabella Bokina stood up. After the incident between men and women, her temperament became more and more feminine. In order to change this, she cut her hair short and added a little neutral beauty. .

This kind of image Alan Wilson has not seen yet. If he sees it, it will definitely happen. It is very similar to the temperament of the wife of the Soviet boxing champion in the movie Rocky, beautiful but cold.

In the Soviet Union, there was a Saturday compulsory labor system, which was a clearly stipulated system.Lenin praised it as a great initiative.Because it promotes a spirit of collectivism.In the case that the German currency has been devalued and turned into waste paper, this method of motivating citizens to work voluntarily can be regarded as very effective.

But Isabella Bokina knew that the time for the call to be effective was short-lived. To stimulate the rapid reconstruction of the British-occupied area, it was not enough to call on women to come out to work, and it had to be linked to the corresponding treatment.

"Work must be linked to rations, and those who do not work will not eat!" Isabella Bokina said to Anna, "Under the current rationing system in the British-occupied areas, only in this way can everyone be mobilized for post-war reconstruction."

The next day, Isabella Bokina went to the British Army Command in Bonn, found Colonel Malcolm, and expressed her desire to contact the Trade Commission to explain the difficulties in work.

"Miss Isabella!" Colonel Malcolm had to admit that although he had only met twice, he was a little jealous of that civil servant. After finding such a thing, he cut his hair short without compromising his appearance, but he gained another layers of beauty.

Simply because there are so many women in Germany now, he can't afford to be envious and jealous, and ask if there is anything he can do to help.

"Britain's help to Germany is very grateful. As a German woman, I would like to make some suggestions, which are suitable for the domestic situation in Germany, and may also increase the efficiency that Britain has been looking forward to." Isabella Pokina said politely Said, "I hope that Mr. Colonel can explain to the Hannover Trade Commission that the ration rations and compulsory labor will be linked, so that the problem will be solved. At the end of the war, Berlin also had a similar order."

"It's just a telegram!" Colonel Malcolm readily agreed, and then changed the subject, "Miss Isabella, I heard you have a younger sister, don't you know?"

The gentleman from the British Empire hinted that Isabella Bokina had received it, and she also responded with hints, "Actually, Anna, like me, maintains a good working relationship with Liaison Officer Allen."

"It's okay! Liaison Officer Allen is busy with work, which is very enviable." Colonel Malcolm who was rejected was not embarrassed. It is too easy to find a woman as a mistress in Germany now.

Of course it is easy. The first job of the occupying army is to know the local population. Women accounted for 50.00% of the entire British-occupied area. Among men, 40.00% of men, what is really lacking is the male population between the ages of 35 and [-].For the foreign occupying forces, jealousy over German women was out of the question.

Soon Alan Wilson received a telegram, and discussed the matter with Tim Brand and Harold, the two deputy secretaries of the Trade Commission, and at the same time sent a telegram to London asking if it could be done.

The reply was also very fast. The rationing system has not been ended in Britain. Of course, the attitude of the reply is approval. As long as the British-occupied area can be rebuilt quickly, any method will do.

"We have to admit that the Germans know the Germans better." Tim Brand nodded in admiration, "I have to say this is a good way, we can't keep the Germans, and the local citizens will be dissatisfied after a long time like this Yes. It is still necessary to find a way to use the maximum manpower to restore at least a certain order in Germany."

"Yes, so this suggestion is very good." Harold nodded and agreed, "Since London has approved it, we will set up an organization to deal with this matter. I hope that after half a year, the British-occupied area has returned to calm .”

Chapter 133 Prime Minister Wilson

"However, there are some similarities with the Soviet Union's policy. The institutions in the US-occupied area won't think too much?" Tim Brand agrees with this idea, but he must take into account the feelings of the Americans.

"This is a matter of the British-occupied area. Do whatever works for you. What do you care about the Americans?" Harold sneered, "I heard one thing. The Prime Minister is in a very bad mood. The day after the capitulation began, the Americans had informed London that aid to Britain would cease immediately, this month."

"These greedy Americans, they got so much benefits during the war, but they are so stingy." Several people whispered for a while, how many bases of the British Empire the United States received during the war, it can't be bought with money here.

Don't even want to pretend to be friendly now, and the aid will be cut off the day after Japan surrenders.

"The greed of Americans has been learned by the whole world. If it weren't for their greed, it would not have developed to where it is today." Alan Wilson sighed in his heart. I am too used to being threatened by the Americans, but there will be more such things in the future.

The key is that Britain must retain its current strength. Once it enters a declining track, it will be impossible to save.

"Actually, it's nothing to follow the example of the Soviet Union. We all know that during the Great Depression, the Soviet Union became stronger and stronger. Not only we know, I believe the person who knows the most is our current Prime Minister Attlee." Alan Wilson shrugged, "In fact, we believes that the British Empire now has an advantage over the former Soviet Union."

"Where are the advantages?" Both Tim Brand and Harold were interested. In fact, during the Great Depression, Britain was not ignorant of the changes in the Soviet Union. As Alan Wilson said, Ed Prime Minister Li had a great appreciation for the Soviet Union at the beginning.

It's just that the Conservative Party was in power at the time, and the Labor Party was the opposition party and had little say.

"The method of the Soviet Union's set of administrative instructions is that all the surplus value of a society is owned by the state, and the state then holds these surplus values ​​in its hands for sale. It happened to coincide with the Great Depression. The Soviet Union held the resources in its hands Against the trend.” Allen Wilson said eloquently, “In fact, the existence of the Soviet Union is a supplement to our free world, of course, the premise is that we will always be better than them, and maintaining the status quo is the best.”

"We adopted the method of the Soviet Union and deliberately modified the instructions to be specious. It made the Germans suspicious of the Soviet system. The long-term living conditions were only maintained at the lowest level, and they would become dissatisfied after a long time. And in this period of time, we Through the Board of Trade and the Council of War, hold the surplus value of the British occupied areas in your hands, and exchange it with British India, so that Britain can soon restore prosperity."

"And Germans generally have an aversion to policies similar to the Soviet Union. This can also play a role in stabilizing Germany and blocking the Soviet Union. It is simply great."

"We pretend that we are also socialist and penetrate into the enemy's interior, so that we can make Germany resent the Soviet system, which is more effective than repeating the evil of the Soviet Union a hundred times." Tim Brand clenched his fists, face There was an excited smile on his face, "Not only should we do this in the British-occupied area, but we should also do the same in British India. We should hold the surplus value of both places in our hands. I think the local rationing system will be abolished soon."

"Of course, gentlemen. It is precisely because of hostility that we joined in. External pressure will only cause a greater backlash. When we join in, we will attribute all the problems after Germany to the wrong methods of the Soviet Union. The whole process The British Empire is not responsible! We have learned it, but the Germans are obviously not ready." Alan Wilson also couldn't hide his excitement, "Long-length propaganda is useless, we only need to let the Germans understand a few sentences All right, rationing is socialism, and compulsory labor is socialism.”

"That's right!" Hadro happily took out a bottle of whiskey, opened it and said, "Let's toast the rationing system."

"Cheers to labor and rations!" Tim Brand added with a smile.

"Cheers to the prosperity of the British Empire. With the British occupation and British India, Britain will get out of trouble quickly. We don't need Americans at all." Alan Wilson also raised his glass, bang...

Over whiskey, the three decided to start a new agency dedicated to involving German women in reconstruction.At the same time, a document was also given to Marshal Montgomery, the commander of the British occupation area, hoping to get the consent of Marshal Montgomery.

After obtaining the approval of the Military Council, the Trade Council of the British Occupied Area formally established the German Women's Work and Labor Bureau, and at the same time announced that the post-war reconstruction labor would be linked to the rations under the rationing system.

The Military Commission and the Trade Commission announced at the same time that women between the ages of 16 and 50, who have no young children who need special care at home or sick elderly, must go to the local labor bureau to assign them jobs.

If eligible women did not report to the Labor Bureau, the Control Committee would not issue them food ration certificates.This ration certificate is very important to every family. Without this certificate, they will not be able to fill their stomachs and may starve to death.

In Bonn, Isabella Bokina transformed into the director of the German Women's Labor Bureau in Bonn, responsible for counting the number of women in Bonn, arranging post-war reconstruction work, and becoming the real authority in Bonn.

The valuables at home have piled up like a mountain. Isabella Bokina is still dressed plainly, and she goes to the front line to join the labor. Her face is full of weather, but this attitude is recognized by the women in Bonn.

Although some gossip said that this young and beautiful woman became what she is today because she became the mistress of the British.But in the current environment where Germany is defeated, this kind of thing is not such a shameful thing.

Many women had an unclear relationship with the soldiers of the occupying army. Isabella Bokina's incident was familiar to all women.

As expected by the Trade Commission, women from all over the British-occupied area were all mobilized, and their enthusiasm for labor had increased many times than before. The urban area full of rubble was also being cleaned up at an alarming speed.

Whether it is Hannover, Cologne, Hamburg, Essen or Bonn, groups of mighty German women are working in urban areas full of rubble. At the same time, they are sorting garbage and separating metal from the ruins. Now Everything in Germany is valuable, at least in the eyes of the common people.

The ports in the British-occupied area also began to prosper, but Alan Wilson felt that the fly in the ointment was when his tobacco machinery would arrive. The last time Alim said it had already passed the Suez Canal.

He can't wait for the tobacco machinery to come soon. Accepting bribes is not a good way to get rich, and it's okay to do it occasionally.If he wants to make money standing up, he must make money through open and aboveboard channels.

However, the news that came first was not the arrival of the freighter, but a member of the House of Commons sent by London to inspect the work.

When Deputy Secretary-General Tim Brand announced at the meeting with a telegram, Alan Wilson asked, "Who is this Congressman? It seems that everyone is not very happy."

"It's Congressman Wilson." Hadro said with a wry smile, "This congressman is not easy to fool, it's a service..."

"Yes, it's service." Tim Brand emphasized his colleague's slip of the tongue, and then explained, "He was originally a civil servant. He resigned as a civil servant in this general election. He joined the Labor Party and participated in the general election. Secretary. He knows our work very well and is a professional person.”

Wilson?prime minister?Alan Wilson remembers that the Labor Party seems to have only one famous figure named Wilson, who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the 60s and set a record for the most re-election times.

At the end of the war, Harold Wilson began to seek a seat in the House of Commons in the upcoming general election. In the general election, the Labor Party defeated the Conservative Party and won a big victory in the general election. Elected to Congress.But to his surprise, he was immediately hired as Congressional Secretary in the Ministry of Public Service.

But in fact, Harold Wilson is only a 29-year-old young man this year. He is already a member of the ruling party and secretary of the Parliament. He is also the youngest member of Parliament in the UK.

Alan Wilson knew that the future Prime Minister Wilson had just begun his journey.In the 60s, he defeated the Conservative Party in a row, and it was not until Mrs. Thatcher came to power that he broke his governing record.

However, members of the Trade Committee are not very willing to come to the British-occupied area to inspect the former civil servants. The reason for this reluctance is that Mr. Wilson understands civil servants, and now he is showing up as a member.

This is very uncomfortable. Whoever receives Congressman Wilson makes the two deputy secretaries-general Hadro and Tim Brand helpless, and they don't want this to happen to them.

"How about I come to receive Congressman Wilson?" Alan Wilson looked at the two deputy secretaries-general for a moment, and secretly sighed that there is such a good thing. The two deputy secretaries-general only saw the unfavorable conditions, but did not expect the risks. coexist with opportunity.

But apart from Alan Wilson, who knows that Harold Wilson, who is about to arrive in the British-occupied area, will be the future prime minister?Only Alan Wilson can see the opportunity, and everyone else sees the risk.

"Alan, you have to be careful." Seeing that the hot potato was taken over, Tim Brand breathed a sigh of relief, but also hoped that Alan Wilson would not make any mistakes.

"I will do my best." Alan Wilson originally wanted to say his best, but when he thought that trying his best might not be enough in the words of civil servants, he temporarily changed the wording.

Chapter 134 Senior and Junior

Regarding the current situation in the British-occupied area, the ruling party in London is not without doubts, so they sent a rising star of the Labor Party to the British-occupied area. Wilson himself was a civil servant before, so he was very suitable for this task.

In the same way, the current British-occupied trade committee is naturally very resistant to this former civil servant, the MP who is now the secretary of the Congress. When he was a civil servant, he was ours, but after he became a politician, he became theirs. people.

The most important thing is that such a person who once made us, who is now theirs, understands us very well.The saddest thing in the world ever touched so.

From the point of view of the two deputy secretaries-general, Alan Wilson is an ignorant and fearless person, and he can just get things out of the way.

But Alan Wilson doesn't think so. If Harold Wilson can get to know Harold Wilson well when he was a member of parliament and establish a certain network of contacts, it won't be a bad thing no matter what position he holds after Wilson becomes prime minister.

For this Labor Party Prime Minister, Alan Wilson once heard a passage to describe him, "He is an out-and-out scholar, an Oxford professor, as the leader of the Labor Party, he has never done a day of manual labor, prefers brandy to beer, prefers cigars to pipes, And cigars are just a symbol of the bourgeoisie, so they will smoke a pipe during the campaign to show their closeness to the people."

Hardrow Wilson does not need to cross the strait by boat to experience the hardships of Dunkirk like when Allen Wilson came. The war has been over for three months, and the military airport in Hannover has been cleared, which has greatly improved efficiency.

The scene at the airport was small, nothing compared to when Cabinet Secretary Edward Bridges arrived in Berlin.Only Alan Wilson is waiting, and a few assistants, including Mark the Horse.

Even if Harold Wilson is a Member of Commons and Secretary of Congress, it really doesn't matter to many people.

There are hundreds of MPs, not to mention that Harold Wilson can only be regarded as a budding figure, neither senior nor particularly prestigious in Congress.

It may not be too long, but once the term changes, the so-called MPs will disappear without a trace.It's not that this kind of thing has never happened, and it happens often.

Hadro Wilson walked off the military plane slowly, still holding the pipe he carried with him. As a 29-year-old MP and a rising star in the political arena of the British Empire, he still behaved very decently.

As a civil servant, he also understands how difficult his former colleagues are to deal with.

"Dear Secretary of Congress, welcome to Hannover. The current situation is relatively simple." Alan Wilson went up to meet him. He didn't know if it was an illusion. He always felt that the future Prime Minister Wilson was somewhat similar to President Wilson of the United States in appearance. I don't know if it is a relative relationship hundreds of years ago.

Harold Wilson didn't mind that there were only a few people picking up the plane. In his opinion, this was very normal. He asked directly, "I believe everyone is busy. I just inspected the British-occupied area. Prime Minister as a reference for decision-making."

"That's right, Secretary of Congress, the British-occupied area has been greatly damaged, and my colleagues are working hard every day, hoping that the British-occupied area will miraculously go on the right track the next day." Alan Wilson nodded and followed Harrow De Wilson walked around and said, "Language alone is a consideration. Many colleagues are learning German by themselves. The necessity of mastering a foreign language is extremely important at this time."

"They are learning foreign languages?" Harold Wilson asked, then nodded clearly, "It is true that learning foreign languages ​​is more important to work in Germany. If you don't master German, there may be ambiguity when issuing orders. This is what London is worried about. matter."

"Of course, even if I have nothing to do, I still have to learn foreign languages." Alan Wilson thought of Isabella's German teacher, and a knowing smile appeared on his face, and he looked very gentle.

"I heard that the British-occupied area is carrying out a movement aimed at empowering German women to shoulder the burden of rebuilding Germany?" Harold Wilson asked with great interest as he walked out of the airport and got into the car, "How is the progress going? Is it effective?"

"It is very effective. According to the current progress, Bonn has made the fastest progress, and the city cleanup has almost been completed. Of course, it cannot be denied that the city of Bonn is not large in scale, and the damage is not serious. Many facilities are It works." Alan Wilson said truthfully, "but I believe this is a good start."

"That's true!" Harold Wilson nodded affirmatively. "Actually, the Germans in other places don't know whether the damage is serious. The Germans whose greatest wish is to have enough food should not have the time to investigate. We put Bonn Reporting it as an example is enough to prove that the work is going well."

Alan Wilson nodded in agreement. It is a pity that Harold Wilson left his job as a civil servant. He insisted on getting involved in the sinister political arena. The future British Empire will lose a public servant.

But this is not a bad thing. Alan Wilson felt that this time was an opportunity, so he took the initiative to invite Harold Wilson to receive Harold Wilson, because Harold Wilson, who is still a member of Parliament, is indeed a powerful person.

The prime minister who is the queen's favorite and has the best personal relationship is undoubtedly Wilson.When Wilson retired, the Queen made an exception to go to Downing Street to attend the dinner hosted by the Prime Minister. Except for Wilson, only Churchill enjoyed this treatment when he retired.It can be said that Wilson is the only prime minister who has become friends with the queen in a general sense.

Of course, the relationship between the prime ministers and the queen is the worst, without a doubt Mrs Thatcher.Mrs Thatcher introduced liberal reforms, cutting benefits and leading Britain to a financial economy.

Alan Wilson did not comment on the consequences, but the family members of the workers who opposed Thatcher even went to Buckingham Palace many times to submit petitions to the Queen asking her to put pressure on Thatcher, knowing their differences and thinking that the Queen could speak for herself.

When Mrs. Thatcher was in power, the queen's status became important again. Many British people even expected the queen to let this annoying woman go away.

"Oh, by the way, Alan, I heard that you have work experience in British India." Harold Wilson asked after listening to Alan Wilson's briefing, "What do you think of the current plan for economic recovery? Say you've seen the plan."

More than just seeing it, it's mine!Alan Wilson slandered in his heart, and said without hesitation, "I have heard a little bit about the economic revitalization plan. From my point of view alone, this is a very good plan. Between the British-occupied areas of Germany and British India It is very good to learn from each other's strengths and make up for each other's weaknesses."

"A country's economy is like the unevenness of the earth's temperature. When I was in Xiangjiang, I heard a saying that you can rely on mountains to eat mountains and rely on water to eat water. There are fishermen on the seashore. You can't expect fishermen to farm. Since Germany has this industrial base, the British India also has huge needs, and it is logical to link them together as part of the economic revitalization of the British Empire."

"It's like the industrial revolution. The use of coal promoted the development of the steam engine. However, many countries in the world do not have coal. For example, Latin American countries, how can they carry out the industrial revolution without coal?"

"It's a very novel way of thinking about problems." Harold Wilson expressed his appreciation to Alan Wilson. He was a scholar at Oxford University. When he found out that Alan Wilson was also a student at Oxford University, but he hadn't graduated yet, he couldn't help saying, "War delays It hurt your studies, but it also exercised your ability to work. Now that the war is over, many pre-war students have returned to do their graduation thesis recently. When will you apply?"

"I think in this special time period, the university should be open until the end of the year." Seeing Harold Wilson nodding, Alan Wilson breathed a sigh of relief, "Then I can apply before the end of the year." Already? Thank you Oxford for your flexibility.”

Because the relationship between the two is a senior and a junior, and there is an exchange between scholars and keyboard warriors.The hot potato in the eyes of Tim Brand and Harold did not burn Alan Wilson's hand.

Facing the knowledgeable Harold Wilson, Alan Wilson can only deal with the rich accumulation of Keyboard Man.When receiving Harold Wilson, there was no hostility at all.

"In fact, at the current level of technological development, any work is important in the post-war recovery phase. Once the recovery phase is completed, European countries may compete fiercely again." Alan Wilson shrugged, "At that time, either To improve work efficiency, or to improve welfare, there is actually another way.”

"What way?" Harold Wilson asked with interest, very interested in the whimsy in Alan Wilson's mind.

"It's like the position of the British Empire for British India, to carry out industrial transfer." Alan Wilson said shyly, of course, this is just my personal thought, "In fact, just like the textile industry, there is almost no threshold for the textile industry Yes, any country can do what it wants, and it can be seen from the experience of our British Empire that the first thing is to use textile machines to destroy the textile industry center of Asia, India’s textile industry.”

"The textile industry is almost as long as human history, and it is the industry with the lowest threshold. Almost any country can develop!"

The product life cycle theory holds that all industrial sectors and various industrial products are in different development stages of the life cycle, that is, undergoing four stages of innovation, development, maturity, and decline.

"If the British Empire finds an industry that can be developed and abandons the textile industry that can be developed in any country, then it will be like the textile machinery of the British Empire facing the artificial textiles of India. We may export an airplane and be able to In exchange for millions of shirts."

Chapter 135 Inspection of the Future Prime Minister

Industrial transfer is not an untouchable secret. In fact, it has happened once. The United States was the sweatshop of Europe in the [-]th century.

Not only British capital, capital from any European country can be found in the United States. It was the First World War that freed the United States from the control of foreign capital.

The next time, it will start in the next few years, and Japan will take over the global manufacturing industry from the United States.

Before World War II, Japan was already one of the top ten industrial powers in the world. Of course, this top ten is only at the level of Czechoslovakia and Italy, and is far from the European powers.

After the end of World War II, Japan, as a defeated country, was monopolized by the United States. At that time, many industrial facilities in Japan were damaged in the war. Based on the consideration of revitalizing Japan's industrialization, the United States decided to transform Japan as a Western Asian factory.

Now that Japan may be cut off by the Soviet Union, whether the United States is not carrying out industrial transfers, Alan Wilson believes that it is not possible. Although Hokkaido is not small in size, its population is too small.It has no impact at all on other parts of Japan that are controlled by the United States.

If the United States can do this, so can Europe.Anyway, the United States only started to do this in the 50s. At that time, European countries should have recovered, or even earlier, and rushed to carry out industrial transfers before the Americans.

British Malaya had a much smaller population than Japan, and Europe could have afforded it completely, and couldn't have been hollowed out.

In fact, it was not Alan Wilson who chose British Malaya, but the London government who chose British Malaya.Almost at the same time that British India became independent, the Labor Party government mobilized [-] British troops to wield butcher knives in British Malaya, and the British army also participated in the Dutch-Indian War.