Chapter 999: Establishment System Concept

"Oh, is that so?" Baifeng revealed an expression of sudden realization, which truly made Sanxin feel a great deal of pressure.

"Then this is a good thing. The townspeople have more land they can cultivate, and your fief has also been opened up. This is a great thing with absolutely no problems. I support it, fully support it."

Hearing this, the pressure on Sanxin finally dropped suddenly.

"King, I wasn't just afraid that the land reclamation needs of my fief would instead affect the cultivation of our other Huaxia territories. Before, I really hadn't thought about this matter; it was only after you mentioned it that I started to wonder if such a possibility existed.

And then, I feel that our Huaxia seems to be very lacking in laws and regulations in this regard. We should make the laws in this area comprehensive, so that everyone knows what should be done and what should not be done."

Baifeng picked up his chopsticks again to start eating and said, "This is exactly what you, as Prime Minister, should do. If you discover that the laws are lacking, then find a way to make up for it. During this time, draft a proposal, convene a meeting, and let's deliberate on these relevant laws. We will often use these related laws in the future.

Also, regarding the territory between your Yongfeng Town and Yongning Town, right? You can implement that according to my plan from yesterday. However, it must be done in your personal name; it is impossible to send officials to manage your private land, and there are no schools or hospitals there.

If you want these, that is also fine, then take out your tax revenue to support them. You also understand this; everyone lacks talent. Sending people to manage your own fief—doesn't that feel a bit like using public office for private gain?"

Sanxin suddenly quieted down, then said, "King, combined with your plan from yesterday, I think this is also a problem. Because the fiefs of Yishang and Ben are also their personal property, yet we need to send officials and various talents there. Wouldn't these officials then become people serving them?

This is certainly not right, but if we manage them with full authority, wouldn't that conflict with the law that the fief is private property? I think this is a problem that must be solved."

"Hmm, not bad. You are thinking thoroughly enough. But I have also said that everything produced on the fief is your personal property. Every blade of grass and every tree belongs to you, and it has nothing to do with me.

But people are not. People are mobile and free. They have their own thoughts and cannot be trapped on your fiefs.

Therefore, whatever concerns people has nothing to do with you. When there are enough people and the distance is too great, I will arrange officials for them, or let them manage themselves. In cases where the number of people is too small, naturally, there cannot be a government; having a village head is enough.

And because schools and hospitals are public, they are not organizations used for profit, so they naturally need the state to support their establishment. However, since they are built on your fiefs, my opinion is to co-manage them.

If you want to have doctors to see and schools to attend on your own fief, then you must have the support of Huaxia City. Huaxia City lacks the strength; building them up costs too much.

But once they are built, it will be a great thing for your fiefs, because this will be able to attract more people to your fiefs, just like how people only come when there is grain.

For your fiefs, it is a good thing; for Huaxia, it is a pressure, so it must be co-managed."

Sanxin's heart was beating like a drum: "King, this co-management you speak of, what does it mean, and how should we co-manage?"

Baifeng pointed at Sanxin: "You provide the land and the grain; Huaxia provides the people.

You build the schools well, build the hospitals well, and prepare the grain. Haven't you noticed that I actually haven't restricted the doctors and teachers of Huaxia? They are only willing to leave Huaxia City and work in those grassroots towns so that they can have better opportunities for advancement.

But have I restricted them from going to Lema City? Have I restricted those attending physicians from going to the towns? I haven't, right? There is no such provision in Huaxia's laws, but why are they unwilling to go? It is still because Huaxia City is better.

But among our doctors, there are still many whose families are relatively poor, and supporting their families is quite difficult. You say, if there were a place, for example, a hospital in Lema City, that offered a higher salary—one or even two times higher than here in Huaxia City—would they be willing to go to Lema City?

Which law in Huaxia has a provision for that?

They are unwilling to leave, or rather, they haven't thought about leaving now, because from the beginning, they have been receiving my Huaxia City salary, and Huaxia City and Lema City are very closely connected, including the hospitals in both places.

So even without restrictions, they have to continue working here because this is what they studied. But if they just stop being doctors and go farm, that is also fine, as long as they don't do anything that harms Huaxia.

Sanxin, let me reveal a bit more news to you: I am preparing to implement an 'Establishment System' in Huaxia. For government and all public units, the state provides the salary, but for those who farm or fish, they only pay taxes, and whatever they earn is their own.

You also know that currency will appear in Huaxia in the future. Such a reform is something that must be carried out in the future. If you want an establishment position, you must take an exam, just like the graduation exam in schools now. You take the exam and then take the post. In the future, there might not be a graduation exam, or the graduation exam might be very easy—you pass and you graduate—but they won't arrange a job for you; you have to take the exam for the department you want to go to yourself.

Think about it, if a child who studies medicine passes the graduation exam but doesn't want to earn such a small salary in Huaxia, so they don't take the medical establishment exam I provide—the kind you can pass just by taking it—they won't go either.

Instead, they choose a very remote place, a place that doesn't go to Huaxia City at all, to earn the salary that the hospital there gives, which is several times higher than Huaxia City, and take the establishment exam for that place. You tell me, is such a thing possible?"

Sanxin was so shocked by these words that his mouth hung open. The issuance of currency was not considered a secret among high-level officials like them, and they even knew that the grain coupons were an experiment. But this "Establishment System"—this was truly the first time he had heard of it. He never imagined that Baifeng had already thought so far ahead, as if everything was under his control.

Baifeng finished the last piece of bamboo shoot, then wiped his mouth: "Sanxin, think about it carefully. Huaxia will train the people; as long as there is an establishment position, Huaxia will provide the salary. But Huaxia's salary will always be about the same. So, if you want them to go to your fiefs, don't you need to provide additional subsidies to attract them?"