Okubo, additionally implemented Chitsuroku-shobun (Abolition Measure of Hereditary Stipend) reducing special privileges (such as Chiroku (hereditary stipend) and Shotenroku (bonus)) of the warrior class who received unearned income and contributed to economic difficulties for the Meiji Government, and issued a decree banning the wearing of swords.
また、明治政府の財政難の原因となる不労所得者である士族の特権（秩禄、賞典禄）を削減したり（秩禄処分）、廃刀令を出したりした。