"Everyone, the imperial army fought hard in India for several months and finally defeated the British and the British-Indian army loyal to the British. However, the imperial army also paid a huge price, with more than 100,000 casualties. Countless combat materials were consumed. The empire has just finished fighting the world war, and the wounds have not yet been repaired. Therefore, the Indian war has made the empire almost overwhelmed. The empire has distributed land in India to various princely states, and hopes that the princely states can do their best to help the empire tide over this crisis!" Biro said.
Of course, there is a lot of moisture in his words. Although Imperial Army in India faced enemies dozens of times larger than himself, the fight was not very difficult. Naturally, it cannot be said that there were heavy casualties. The reason why I say that is just to make these Princely Ruler people pay.
"Prime Minister, Empire fought against the evil Britain people for the future of India, and suffered heavy losses. We are deeply grateful. For this reason, Hyderabad State is willing to provide help to the Empire!" Mir Osman Ali Khan said first.
The other Princely Ruler were not fools either, and they expressed their opinions one after another. They also already know that the allocation of those lands is linked to the donated military expenditures. In other words, in order to obtain better land, you must contribute the wealth that your family has accumulated over countless years. Although, this made them very distressed. However, no one refused. They all know that compared to wealth, land is undoubtedly the foundation. As long as you have land and population, you can quickly accumulate more wealth.
"Very good, I'm very satisfied with your performance. I believe His Majesty the Emperor will also be very satisfied. We will hold this matter tomorrow." Chancellor Bülow said. In order to extract as much wealth as possible from these Princely Ruler people, German government has figured out a way.
"Everyone, there is something I need to tell you. The land allocated to the various princely states does not include the three cities of Delhi, Mumbai and Calcutta. These three cities will be directly ruled by the Empire!" Prime Minister Bülow continued.
Just because Germany is willing to allocate India's land to those Princely Ruler does not mean that Germany will ignore India. These three largest cities can also be regarded as Empire's strongholds in India. Empire's troops stationed in India will also be mainly stationed in these three cities. This is not only to maintain the stability of India, but also will be a deterrent to those Princely Ruler.
Many Princely Ruler's expressions couldn't help but change. They are also salivating over Delhi, Mumbai and Calcutta. After all, these three cities are India's largest cities and also the richest cities. If they can take these cities into their own hands, this will greatly increase their strength. However, since Germany has spoken, they have no choice but to comply. Facing the powerful Germany, they have no power to resist at all.
These three cities will also become Germany's stronghold in India. From a geographical point of view, these three cities are located in the north, west and east of India, forming a triangle. Once India discovers a change, German military can proceed from these three cities to suppress it to ensure the stability of Germany's rule in India.
"In addition, Imperial Navy will also build some military ports in India. The specific location has not been determined yet. When the navy confirms it, it will be notified separately." Chancellor Bülow said.
After all, Imperial Navy Indian Ocean Fleet's home port is temporarily planned to be located at India. As for Diego Garcia, America's military base for future generations, Germany has no plans to build it yet.
None of the other Princely Ruler had any objections to this. They knew that there was no room for bargaining on the issue of garrisoning troops. Even if German government allocates those lands to various princely states, it does not mean that it is really their territory. As long as Germany is willing, we can still recover those lands. Therefore, it is impossible for them to disobey German government's order.
"In the future, India will be ruled by the princely states. However, as India is a colony of the empire, the empire must earn a certain amount of income from Indian activities every year. In other words, the empire must obtain a part of the tax revenue of each princely state. Since the proportion of taxation is the power of each princely state, the empire will not interfere. Therefore, in order to ensure the interests of the empire, the empire needs to set an amount." Prime Minister Biro continued.
Upon hearing that Germany would continue to benefit from India, Princely Ruler was not surprised. After all, when the Britain people ruled India before, they also harvested a large amount of wealth from India every year. Germany and Britain are somewhat different. But in essence, they are all the same. However, these Princely Rulers don't care. Anyway, the wool comes from the sheep. Germany people want benefits, they can directly charge taxes to those untouchables and pass everything on to those untouchables. Even more, they can get more benefits from it. After all, Germany will not interfere with the taxation of various princely states.
"Empire will not receive tax revenue from India this year, but starting next year, Empire will receive two billion Mark from India every year Taxation. Empire will discuss the amount of tax with each prince every five years, and the proportion of each prince's tax will be determined by the territory, population and resource status of the prince." Bülow said.
This distribution method is undoubtedly fair. Therefore, each Princely Ruler has no objection to this.
Later, Mir Osman Ali Khan and other larger Princely Rulers proposed that German Emperor be crowned HMS Emperor of India, which was naturally recognized by other Princely Rulers. It can be said that there is no surprise that Oscar also serves as HMS Emperor of India.
The next day, a meeting to donate military funds was held. Imperial Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the donation rules to each Princely Ruler. And issue a form to each Princely Ruler, and each Princely Ruler fills in the amount of military expenditures donated. During this period, it must be kept confidential to avoid letting other Princely Ruler know about it. Then, the amount of military expenditure donated by each princely state was announced. The princely state that donates the largest amount will have priority in allocating India land. In other words, the country with the most donations will be selected first, and so on.
In this way, the faces of Princely Ruler from various kingdoms changed greatly. Originally they thought it was a bidding war. In that case, they will certainly spend a lot of money. But, that's to be expected. However, this method of donation forces them to use all their power! Otherwise, you might be taking advantage of others.