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Eminent monks also had to eat, drink, and defecate. It was unknown whether it was because of their lack of attainment or because it was hard to let go of their mortal heart. Perhaps it was because of their yearning and pursuit of the Western Paradise. Ten thousand monks had all passed away in four days of meditation. It could be said that they had obtained benevolence and righteousness. At the same time, they had also created a new record.
Carts of monk corpses were pulled out from the square and sent to the funeral parlor to be burned. In order to raise the cost of burning the bodies, some of the corneas were removed and sold. Even so, the government still had to subsidize some of the corpses before they could dispose of them.
The majority of Buddhists realized that these so-called eminent monks were not much different from ordinary people. Young monks returned to the secular world one after another and became self-supporting laborers. Nearly 20 million farmers went to Bangladesh, leaving behind a large amount of idle farmland. As long as one was willing, it was totally possible to become a farmer. One could get married and have children. Being a farmer and having some fields in the mountains was the life that one should lead. Before this life was over, they were already thinking about the problems of the next life. Their previous thoughts were too ahead of themselves.
The remaining three million eminent monks who only knew how to recite scriptures and not farm chose to go to Sikkim.
When the government saw these old monks, he estimated that it would be difficult for them to walk to Sikkim. The Tourism Promotion Bureau gave a plan: Each person would pay 25,000 baht and send them from Mangu Port to Chittagong by ship. From Chittagong, they would be sent to Darjeeling by train. After Darjeeling, they would be in the territory of Sikkim. It was up to them to run, walk, or crawl.
In the end, all three million monks chose the plan given by the Tourism Promotion Bureau. It seemed that these monks were relatively rich. Pengchai regretted not setting the price higher. It was estimated that 50,000 baht would not be a problem. Later, when he saw the heavy luggage of the monks and how it took up space, Pengchai regretted it even more.
After the Karat Isthmus was opened, the distance from Mangu Port to Chittagong was very short. The Indian Ocean sea breeze was very comfortable. Most of the monks meditated on the deck. Only a few monks who had never seen the sea were excited to see the seabirds and reefs.
Nowadays, it was very difficult to find a passenger ship. In the end, they had to rely on the Sunrise stationed in Dragon King City to help. They unloaded all the aircraft and ammunition on the ship. The ship carried more than 50,000 people. The density of the people on the ship was comparable to when they sold pigs.
There were 50,000 people on one ship, so it was not an easy task to transport 3 million people. After 60 round trips, Qiu Cha called Chen Weizheng and hoped that the Bayan Kara and Tanggula Mountain in Shin Myung Province could also help and try to solve this problem within a month. The Siamese government will pay for it.
Chen Weizheng thought about it and agreed. It was not a bad idea to let the aircraft carrier earn some tips. After all, it was a solar-powered aircraft carrier. It did not burn oil and had a low cost. After agreeing to Qiu Cha's request, other than the Himalayan, which was showing off its might in Manila, the other two ships were empty-handed and headed towards the Barbarian Valley.
The Siamese had crashed! This included all the military and political personnel. When they saw the three aircraft carriers converging at Barbarian Valley, they deeply understood that Shin Myung Province was not a colossal existence that they could touch. Qiu Cha brought the military and political leaders to the three ships to express their condolences. The main purpose was to allow everyone to receive education at a close distance. After the visit and the condolences. Back on the bus, General Saipan asked everyone a question: Do you want to turn these three ships into your own ships? Everyone said in unison, "Yes."
General Saipan said a sentence that made everyone have different expressions. They were deeply inspired. General Saipan said: "If the whole country surrenders and becomes a member of Shin Myung Province, we will have a share of these three ships."
Those who should die should die, those who should leave should leave, and those who should pay the poll tax still had to be paid!
A farmer from Taeyang had four wives, and each of them gave birth to three children for him. There were 17 people in his family, and each of them had to pay a head tax of two thousand baht, which meant that they had to pay thirty-four thousand baht per year, which was equivalent to seventy-two thousand two hundred SGD. This family's annual income, other than food, was impossible to have 7200 yuan to pay the tax. The Siamese joint law enforcement team was very resourceful. They killed the farmer from Taeyang, and the family immediately became four small families. Each small family paid 8,000 baht, which was equivalent to 1,600 Xinming dollars. This small amount of money was much easier to solve.
No one knew whether this story was true or not, but it spread throughout Siam within a day. It played a great role in promoting the poll tax. People went to the tax department to pay the poll tax, even if they had to sell everything they had to pay the poll tax.
The monks who had returned to the secular world became the most popular people because they were in the prime of life and had no wives. So a great number of matchmakers came to the houses of the monks who had returned to the secular world and brought beautiful girls to be their companions. Once the monks came into contact with people of different surnames, they threw the scriptures that they had studied for ten or twenty years out of the sky. They stayed up all night, and their legs became weak. The girls were still rational. They told their husbands to do well in family planning and only have one child. If they had too many, they could not afford to pay the poll tax.
In China, family planning had been in place for decades, but it was not as good as a rule. If you have money, you have more children. If you don't have money, you have less. If you want to have more children, you have no problem, you just have to pay the tax. The tax was different every year. It could be increased or decreased. Of course, the increase was more, and the decrease was only theoretical.
The total population of Siam was 80 million. More than 20 million farmers were moved away, and 5 million were killed in the anti-pornography and illegal activities. In addition, there were 3 million monks who were moved away. Of the 3 million who left the country, there were less than 50 million people left.
50 million people was still a huge number. According to the poll tax of 2000 baht per person, the income from this tax alone was 10 billion.
What Qiu Zhenfu did not expect was that the poll tax policy was more like a scourge. There were more than ten million poor people in Siam, and half of them were extremely poor. These people did not know their next meal, and it was harder to make them pay the poll tax than to reach the sky. When Shin Myung Province was dealing with this matter, because of Wu's insistence and Long Jinxing's efforts, they set up a large number of state farms and gathered these people to work in agriculture. Not only did they have a source of income, but they also had money to pay the poll tax. However, Siam did not have such patience. General Saipan and the Minister of the Ministry of Public Security, Mithun, decided to take action. They arrested all the unemployed and homeless beggars in the city and killed them humanely. Shin Myung Province only needed laborers, and rejected all kinds of vermin. These poor people were living under the same platform, but they were living a different life. Perhaps the life style that was more suitable for them was in another world.
Due to the cooling of the tourism industry, the consumption level in the cities dropped rapidly. A large number of vacant land in the countryside attracted a large number of people to the countryside. This reduced the pressure on the cities. More businessmen saw that there was no profit to be made and started to move out. These businessmen who moved out were mostly Chinese. They moved to Malaysia and Indonesia. And Australia.
After a series of reorganization, there were still 37 million Siamese people left. Qiu Zhishen knew that this was the population base in Chen Weizheng's mind. It was time to establish the Meinan Province!
The people voted: Should they continue to fight the war with Shin Myung Province independently as a country, or should they surrender to Shin Myung Province and become one of the provinces of Shin Myung Province? Everyone would become a member of Shin Myung Province. Together with Shin Myung Province, they would enter a new era.
After a week of voting, 87% of the people voted to surrender to Shin Myung Province. This result made Qiu Zhishen feel relieved. He made a speech on TV and said that the 13% who voted against the surrender should leave Siam. Instead of making themselves unhappy in the new country, they should go elsewhere to find happiness.
The international community was very interested in Siam's public policy. Most of the so-called 'open cooking' countries applauded Siam's move. They believed that giving the right to decide to the people was an expression of open cooking and human rights. Siam had been ruled by the monarchy for many years. It could not be said that this was the result of the influence of open cooking and free thinking. It was the victory of Western culture.
The Americans hated those who held this view. If Shin Myung Province had Siam to hold back the Indo-China Peninsula, they would not be able to do anything now. Soon, they would become a big country. The unified Indo-China Peninsula was two million square kilometers of land. It was fertile and rich in resources. The 150 million strong Ming people would make the Indo-China Peninsula the most powerful existence in the world.
The American Secretary of State, White, came to Barbarian Valley to persuade Qiu Zhishen to be independent and not rely on Shin Myung Province. It was better to be the head than the tail. His attitude was sincere and his words were serious. After a long time, Qiu Zhishen said, "As a small country, independence is no longer realistic. We must rely on a big country. If the United States and Shin Myung Province fight a war and defeat Shin Myung Province, Siam is willing to rely on the United States. "
The American Secretary of State, White, was speechless and left. They did not dare to make a move against Shin Myung Province. They could only watch as Shin Myung Province gradually turned their ideals into reality.
At the end of June, Qiu Zhishen and General Saipan came to Longshan City and surrendered to Shin Myung Province's King, Chen Weizheng. They joined Shin Myung Province and became part of Shin Myung Province. A new province was established in Shin Myung Province: Meinan Province. The provincial capital was renamed Longgu City.
In the past month, Siam's actions were all seen by the political leaders of Shin Myung Province. Chen Weizheng, Maud Bundle, and Wu talked about the implementation of Qiu Zhishen's work more than once. They felt that Qiu Zhishen had done a good job. Some of his work was better than that of Shin Myung Province. He was more creative, rigorous, and developed.
Chen Weizheng warmly welcomed the arrival of Qiu Zhishen and the others. He felt that there were many benefits to be gained through cooperation and many disadvantages to be lost through division. Now that the world has entered the era of a big country, we must quickly build ourselves into a big country and compete with other big countries. We cannot return to the first half of the last century, when the Indo-China Peninsula was a big country's vegetable field. Shin Myung Province will lead the people of the Indo-China Peninsula to fight for their rights and status in the future. Everyone here will also become all-powerful heroes of this generation. Everyone, let's play and compete with the world's tyrants. We'll definitely win.
His words made everyone's blood boil. They could not wait to rush to the battlefield and fight for Chen Weizheng.
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