Chapter 1321: Year-End Assembly (18)

"This time, it is to give you all such an opportunity. Of course, the main point is still to motivate everyone, to motivate all people, to let them have this drive, and to strive toward becoming a Landlord."

"In our Huaxia, if you want to change your status and your position, there are actually quite a few ways, but the more ways there are, the better, right?"

"If you do not have the ability to become an official through study and examinations, and you do not have the luck or ability to obtain Nobility, then I will let you possess corresponding power through farming. You few, as Landlords, the first few Landlords of Huaxia, speak for yourselves: if there were such an opportunity, would you be willing to work hard to let yourselves live a life of eating meat every day?"

All the Landlords said in unison this time: "We are willing!"

The crowd of Nobles only smiled, and their sitting postures even became more relaxed and at ease. This was some charity from them, the Nobles and rulers; it was not that they truly wanted to give them status. They had the same preferential treatment, but upon seeing them, they were still a cut below.

As for the others, those not in the two groups of Nobles and Landlords, they were also looking forward to hearing the following news, because for them, this might also be an opportunity. Compared to making enough contributions to become a Noble, it seemed the opportunity to become a Landlord was a bit greater.

As long as one is willing to give it a try, take out all one's stored grain, hire more tenant farmers, and then let them go all out to reclaim wasteland, one only needs to spend enough time, and one can also possess more land and become a Landlord.

Before, it was because they felt that the land was already enough, and the grain was already enough. The grain produced on their own land every year, plus the remuneration from their own work, was already enough to support themselves and their large number of family members.

Under the current situation, they couldn't even finish eating their own grain, and having stored grain in their hands made them feel at ease. If they really used grain to hire tenant farmers and wanted to build themselves up to the level of a Landlord, they might empty themselves out all at once.

Before, they weighed the pros and cons and didn't do it, or perhaps they didn't have the ruthlessness, so they missed the opportunity. They even felt that being a Landlord was nothing, and it was better to work a little harder to become an official. As long as one's status was high enough and one's merits were accumulated enough, one could naturally mix into a Nobility. Who would have thought there could be such a shortcut?

Baifeng took out the plan he had made and read it aloud: "Regarding the policy of the Landlord group, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Health jointly running schools and establishing Hospitals."

"Ahem!"

Everyone's spirits were jolted. They hadn't understood the two sentences just now; what was joint school-running and building Hospitals?

"Currently, each town level and each Village lacks Hospitals and schools. Although Huaxia has the ability to build them, considering the corresponding needs of the Landlord class, we are giving an opportunity."

"As long as one is willing to provide land, grain, and so on in the town or Village to establish schools and Hospitals, Huaxia can give the corresponding investor—ah, this investment means providing grain and land."

"Give the investor corresponding positions, such as Vice Principal, Vice Dean, Honorary Principal, Dean, etc."

"One can enjoy the corresponding power of the Vice Dean or Principal of that level of school or Hospital. For specific powers, you can consult the Ministry of Personnel later; I will not talk about it here anymore."

"However, considering that professional people do professional things, the deputy positions only have the power to participate and discuss; the power of decision still rests with the principal position."

"If one has outstanding performance in their work and raises the level or expands the scale of the Hospital or school they are responsible for, then one can consider transferring to a principal position, officially entering the Ministry of Personnel Establishment System, and in the future, one can continue to be promoted just like other officials."

Baifeng spoke quite clearly; he just didn't explicitly say that this was using grain to exchange for a bit of privilege without actual power. As for outstanding contributions, ability, and such, it was almost impossible, because they had absolutely no professional ability in education and medical care. What kind of results could they achieve?

If they could provide more grain and such, and really expanded the scale and raised the level, they would just be raising their own treatment along with the level of the school or Hospital.

Now, the matter of the Establishment System had not been formally proposed, so relying on wealth to buy oneself into the Establishment was impossible. But Baifeng could be considered to have given them a hope, just like in later generations, under the situation where one must take an exam for every Establishment position, letting certain people enter state-owned enterprises or central enterprises first, and then transferring into public institutions—it counts as a detour to enter the Establishment.

But to the ears of these Landlords, it sounded completely different. It was just that as long as they gave grain, they could become officials. Did it matter if it was a principal or deputy position? It didn't matter! As long as it was an official position, that was enough. So now, they were all red-faced and panting, wanting to take action immediately.

Baifeng looked at their expressions and postures and felt that this matter was absolutely fine. So, he struck while the iron was hot and continued: "Besides Hospitals and schools, I also plan to establish a Nursing Home, an Orphanage, and a Veterans Service Center in Huaxia. You can all participate in these units and obtain corresponding positions."

"I will explain them one by one. The first is the Nursing Home, because our Huaxia has already successively seen a batch of elderly people. Our Huaxia emphasizes filial piety; one must not abandon the elderly, and one must not abuse the elderly."

"However, because most people have many family members and many people to take care of, and the labor force all needs to go to work, it is difficult to serve and take care of the elderly well. If one specifically leaves people to take care of the elderly, the family will lose at least one laborer."

"We certainly cannot abandon filial piety, but it is best to have some way that can both take care of the elderly and allow the family's labor force to be liberated. The best way is centralized elderly care."

"Huaxia provides land, builds houses in a centralized way, and establishes activity centers. The elderly can be sent over, and then there are specialized people to take care of them. If the elderly have any problems, there is someone to handle it immediately. Even for those who are bedridden and cannot get up, we will arrange for people to wipe their excrement and urine."

"The elderly who don't need to work will feel that life is a bit boring, so they can all gather together, chat with peers, bask in the sun, play games, play chess, and play Mahjong to pass the time. How good is that."

"Once the elderly are taken care of, the family's labor force can also go to work. They can come to the Nursing Home during the day, and if they are willing to stay at night, they can stay. If they want to go home, we will send them home. When they return home, there will also be people to look after them; anyway, it is just a matter of sleeping."