Another half month passed.
The tents, homeless people, and Gundam fragments vanished from streets everywhere. Those who had once huddled beneath bridges and beside trash cans moved into warm homes, received their first wages earned through their own labor, and ate hot, filling meals.
The tragedies of hundreds or thousands freezing to death on the streets each winter became a thing of the past.
Ordinary people at the bottom of society, whether Black, Latin American, or East Asian, now all had access to education and transportation to school.
From elementary school through high school, tuition and textbook fees were waived, and uniforms and lunches were provided free. Even remote Indian Reservations and mountain towns had to have standardized schools built. The Empire would not allow a single child to miss out on an education!
University tuition was substantially reduced, and dedicated financial aid funds were established. Children from poor families who gained admission had all their tuition waived and received monthly living allowances. No child would ever lose the opportunity to study because of poverty!
Jigoro Kuwajima personally took charge of the literacy campaign, leading Demon Slayer Corps members, cadres who had been screened out, retired teachers, and volunteers into local communities to establish adult literacy classes.
The institutions of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism also took on the responsibility of enlightening minds and teaching virtue. Confucian academies opened charity schools, teaching commoners' children free of charge and imparting the traditional virtues of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, trustworthiness, diligence, and kindness.
Buddhist temples taught people to treat others kindly and accumulate merit for their next lives, offering guidance to all who sought it.
Taoist temples offered wellness classes, teaching people to strengthen their bodies and promoting honesty, trustworthiness, and reverence for nature, truly turning traditional culture into nourishment for society.
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