Chapter 250: Chapter 159: Establishing the Cheng Clan Public Property
"Before I explain the other points, let
first describe how the public property will be handled."
"Accounts will be settled once a year. Thirty percent of the total harvest—grain, silver coins, cloth, and other resources—will be allocated to the public property. This will primarily be settled in silver coins. When needed, the coins can be exchanged for goods from the Storehouse, which is more convenient for long-term storage.
Of this public property, thirty percent will be distributed to the various families and branches based on population. Another forty percent will be added to the Storehouse, available for villagers to make exchanges or receive as rewards. These uses do not conflict with each other.
The public property will be managed separately and not mixed with the Storehouse’s assets. It will be supervised by the Sect Hall and its rules enforced by the Guardian Hall. No private individual may withdraw from it at will. Whether for private or village use, withdrawals require discussion in a eting. Not even the Clan Leader can make a unilateral decision.
If the resources distributed from the Storehouse are insufficient, individuals can use their personal funds or contribution points to exchange for more. I have already written down a more detailed set of rules, which everyone can review in a mont."
As he spoke, Cheng Zongyang handed the docunt he had brought to his father first. The content wasn’t long, only about thirty-odd articles. It described how the Cheng and Zhou Families should handle the public property, what rules to follow, and the basic explanations and restrictions for the four main points.
Cheng Zongyang continued:
"This system is targeted toward the widowed, orphaned, solitary, and disabled. Let
briefly explain the four main points."
"First, clothing, food, and housing.
This refers to basic necessities like cloth, food rations, and housing. The docunt provides a more detailed breakdown.
Take food rations, for example. Once the Cheng Clan Public Property is established, every mber of the Cheng and Zhou Families who ets the requirents, male or female, can receive thirty jin of rice per month."
"Housing will be provided free of charge, with different types available. As for cloth, each person can apply for one bolt per year, enough to make sumr and winter clothing."
"Second, marriage. When a woman marries out of the family, the public property will provide a subsidy of silver coins, after which her support from the fund will cease. The sa applies to the man upon his marriage.
The details are also recorded in the docunt, with provisions for different age groups and restrictions on remarriage. This does not conflict with our existing rules; it is an additional subsidy."
"The sa goes for childbirth..."
In this manner, Cheng Zongyang briefly explained the main points of his proposal, after which the docunt was passed around for everyone to review.
About half an hour later, after everyone had finished reading, Cheng Guanghai was the first to ask, "Yang’Er, will this conflict with so of the existing rules?"
Cheng Zongyang explained, "So parts will, and so won’t. For instance, the assistance benefits might conflict with the vows taken by Martial Artists who have sworn the Immortal Ancestor’s Oath. In that case, the benefits will stack.
If there’s a conflict regarding assistance for ordinary villagers, the rules of the public property will take precedence. This will reduce the pressure on the Storehouse and ensure resources are earmarked for their intended purposes.
As for marriage and childbirth, these asures are designed to encourage population growth, so the benefits can also be stacked. A subsidy from the public property will be given on top of the existing rewards.
These regulations are just a general frawork I’ve drafted. You can all revise them based on our existing clan rules.
Clan rules must have both authority and a human touch. This ans they will be part of an ongoing revision process. Only when the rules are comprehensive enough to cover all situations can they be considered truly established."
Everyone understood after hearing his explanation and nodded in agreent.
The docunt provided detailed explanations for nearly every point, so there were few questions. After all, the program was targeted at specific groups: solitary elders, orphans, single-parent families, and the disabled.
Furthermore, with the exception of the aid for solitary elders, these benefits were not long-term.
Once a person ca of age, married, or remarried, they were considered to have their own household, and the assistance would naturally cease.
However, elderly or disabled individuals who married could continue to apply for assistance. This was another example of the system’s human touch.
Of course, the system would also account for cases where an individual t the criteria but already possessed assets, such as their own land or businesses.
More importantly, this annual thirty-percent allocation would not only alleviate the survival concerns of these villagers but also allow the clan to accumulate substantial wealth.
Should the clan face a crisis in the future, this wealth could be used as an ergency fund, provided a council eting approved it. After the crisis passed, the funds would be returned to the public property.
It was, in effect, another safety net for the Cheng Family.
"Zongyang, I see no major issues. Any specific problems that arise later can be addressed with targeted andnts."
Cheng Guangshan felt that establishing the Cheng Clan Public Property was an excellent idea that would solve many problems.
The others all nodded in agreent.
’Any potential problems or shortcomings would only beco apparent once the system was in operation. It wouldn’t be too late to make revisions at that ti.’
What needed to be done now was to draft a comprehensive set of regulations for the "Cheng Clan Public Property," based on the existing clan rules.
This would prevent conflicts from arising during implentation due to a lack of distinction between overlapping regulations.
Zhou Hansong imdiately sent Zhou Zhenyuan to the Sect Hall to retrieve the Clan Law Register, preparing to cross-reference and and the rules one by one.
This system of public property wasn’t just for the villagers; it applied to the Cheng and Zhou Families as well. If implented properly, it could beco the foundation guaranteeing the clans’ lasting prosperity.
For the rest of the ti, the group began revising and perfecting the plan for the Cheng Clan Public Property.
Cheng Zongyang also continually offered his own thoughts regarding redundant articles. The addition or removal of certain rules also took into account the future circumstances of the Earth Branch Lineage.
The clan laws couldn’t remain static forever. Each era has its own unique characteristics and circumstances, so the laws had to be anded accordingly.
No one had any objections to this.
It was well into the afternoon by the ti they had more or less finalized the regulations for the "Cheng Clan Public Property."
The next step would be to construct a separate building to serve as the administrative office and storage facility for the Cheng Clan Public Property.
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