Chapter: 20

"The total amount of this 'year-end reward package' is not fixed, but fluctuates according to a certain proportion of the state's finances... As for why this is done, the second solution will be explained later."

"And the amount of the 'year-end reward package' obtained by a certain feudal state is distributed by the imperial court based on the results of the examination of the feudal state, including 'birth rate [only for the clan and not for the common people, because only the population of the clan needs to be controlled], The three evaluation dimensions of stability rate and contribution rate are divided into three grades: excellent, qualified, and poor."

"Specifically, when it comes to the members of a certain clan in the feudal state, the superior clan, the peer clan, and the lower-level clan will evaluate their status among the clan members of the feudal state based on their performance in four aspects including 'loyalty to the country, filial piety, love for the people, and dedication to work'. The specific ranking will be released."

Hear here.

Zhu Di next door suddenly changed from a leisurely posture leaning on the table with his hips akimbo to a straight body, staring at the stone wall in front of him with wide eyes.

At first glance, it sounds like that, but is it really feasible?

But after thinking about it for a while, Zhu Di thought it was feasible!

The more you think about it, the more feasible it is!

After all, the imperial court now has a clear goal - to reduce the pressure of the clan's salary on the future Ming Dynasty as much as possible while peacefully cutting down the vassals.

This is a problem that must be solved, and this matter must be solved, otherwise there will be big troubles within two hundred years, which will directly affect the fate of Ming Dynasty.

Originally, Zhu Di didn't have extra time to implement any new policies.

So in this matter, Zhu Di has already planned to adopt Dao Yan's method.

That is to cancel the guarantee of the clan, reduce the rank of the clan, and give up the identity of the clan.

This kind of minor repairs to the system can undoubtedly reduce the pressure on the royal family to support the imperial court compared with before.

But compared with Jiang Xinghuo's method, it doesn't sound good.

It is simply a difference between cloud and mud!

In order to reduce the pressure of the clan's support, Jiang Xinghuo went down with a 40-meter dragon-slaying knife, and directly cut the salary in half and cut the level by a quarter. In this way, the financial pressure of the Ming court in the future will be greatly reduced.

What's even more amazing is this "year-end reward package"!

Zhu Di once suspected that this was an idea that only gods could come up with!

Expenditures linked to financial percentages, which seem to be not much different from fixed amounts, can actually greatly increase the flexibility of Daming's finances.

In bad years, the tax income will be paid less, and in good years, more will be paid, unlike the fixed salary, which has to be paid regardless of the financial situation of the Ming court.

In some extreme cases, it is tantamount to greatly relieving Ming's financial pressure.

If you encounter large-scale floods, droughts, and locust plagues, it is life-saving money!

And the different evaluation criteria of the vassal state and the members of the clan are even more extreme!

The evaluation criteria for the "year-end reward package" obtained by the vassal state are fertility rate, stability rate, and contribution rate.

In other words, the higher the fertility rate [only for the clan and not for the common people, because only the clan population needs to be controlled], the lower the score in this primary evaluation will be.

The first three generations of the Ming clan had high salaries and a very wealthy life, so they didn't mind having a few more heirs to share the "year-end reward package".

But around the fifth generation, with the increase in the number of vassal clans, in order to compete with each other, vassal states will definitely involve each other to reasonably control the number of redundant offspring.

That is to say, after [meeting the inheritance needs of offspring], there will be no more phenomenon of [making babies when you have nothing to do].

In this way, Zhu Di could even imagine that after the clan ranks were reduced, the use of more children and more salaries to plunder the imperial court's wool would basically be eliminated.