Chapter 325 Cooperation and Win-Win

Chapter 325 Cooperation and Win-Win

Those who knew very well that they couldn't shoulder the responsibility, and who also knew that no one in the Yang family could take on the responsibility, actually didn't reject Jiang Yuan, the newly appointed official.

After all, although he is young, he has no shortage of ability, background and luck.

Not only was he capable and lucky, and a direct subordinate of the Marquis of Dingbei and his son, but he also gained the emperor's favor because he had once captured a Tatar princess. Not to mention, he had a princess wife who was from the same clan as the emperor.

With this kind of person taking over Guangchangwei, at the very least, no one will dare to openly or secretly withhold or delay their military supplies.

Yes, even under the strict discipline of the Marquis of Dingbei, there were still plenty of greedy and reckless corrupt officials who were willing to risk their lives for money, or who were hoping to get away with it and think they would not be caught.

As the saying goes, "where there's a policy, there's a countermeasure." No matter how much the leaders keep improving the rules, those who actually do the work can still come up with new ways to enrich themselves at the expense of the public, driven by greed.

In the process of their battle of wits and courage, the interests of the lower-ranking soldiers in the garrisons and passes were naturally also harmed.

Now that Guangchangwei has Jiang Yuan as their powerful figure, those guys will have to think twice before trying anything.

Many junior military officers shared this view. After receiving a way out from the Yang family, they immediately felt no psychological burden and began to fully cooperate with Jiang Yuan in reorganizing military affairs.

Those lower-ranking military officers who had only tried to protect themselves and stand by while the Yang family members were causing trouble, seeing that the situation was now settled, all took the opportunity to side with Jiang Yuan.

The few remaining members of the Yang clan, who had come up empty-handed, stormed into Yang Guangtong's house in a fit of rage, denouncing his mother, wife, and children for betraying the family.

However, with Jiang Yuan backing him up, his mother, wife, and children no longer cared about them. When they came to cause trouble, Yang Guang and his mother directly called over the two most eloquent old women around him and told them to go to the gate and argue with those members of the Yang clan.

She and her daughter-in-law are indeed soft-hearted and slow to speak, but she has money and connections. Could she not find a few reliable servants who are loyal to her family and also have a sharp tongue?

And you know what? With her unequivocal support behind her and the formidable guards, born into the Yang family and left behind by Yang Guangtong, protecting her, the two sullen maids beside her actually managed to drive away the Yang clan members who came to their door.

Of course, the reason they were able to achieve such a brilliant victory was ultimately because of those few members of the Yang clan, whose previous actions were not very respectable.

Previously, Yang Guangtong's elderly mother, wife, and children had concerns and dared not completely break ties with them. No matter how unreasonable their actions were, Yang Guangtong's elderly mother, wife, and children still had to swallow their anger.

Since they were already in this situation, those whose fates were closely tied to their masters could only swallow their anger and endure it silently.

Now that Jiang Yuan has given Yang Guangtong's elderly mother, wife, and children confidence, they no longer need to worry. With their backs straight, their servants and subordinates naturally stand up as well.

The two specially selected maids didn't need to rack their brains to figure out how to curse; they just needed to bring up old grievances little by little.

It is a retelling of how Yang Guangtong took care of these people while he was alive, and how, after his death, they used despicable methods to relentlessly harass his elderly mother, wife, and children, as if they wanted to devour the orphans and widows alive.

Although the Yang family had always been the head of the Guangchang Guard, by the time of Yang Guangtong, the family had become sparsely populated. In order to prevent the Tatars from treating the Guangchang Guard as an easy target, Yang Guangtong promoted many generals from other families during his tenure as the commander of the guard.

Therefore, there were actually quite a few high-ranking military officers with the same surname living near Yang Guangtong's home.

These people were not members of the Yang clan, so they naturally didn't care about the so-called "family scandals should not be aired in public." The Yang clan members stormed into the house, directly alarming the masters and servants of other families in the vicinity.

The older generation and young adults of the host family might be embarrassed to come and join in the fun and watch the Yang family's infighting, but their servants, their idle and irresponsible descendants, and their naive children who flock to wherever there is excitement, would not care whether the Yang family would feel that they had lost face because of the onlookers.

A group of people rushed to the outside of Yang Guangtong's house, openly watching as the Yang clan members first stormed in with great momentum, and then were stopped with great frustration.

The two groups were facing off when Yang Guang and his mother's trusted confidante made their grand entrance.

The two women rolled up their sleeves, slapped their thighs, and then began to wail loudly.

They cried with genuine emotion, and while they cried, they took turns bringing up old grievances.

These "old accounts" were witnessed by all the onlookers, so even if those few unscrupulous members of the Yang clan wanted to distort the truth, they couldn't.

In order to prevent the situation from escalating further and attracting more and more onlookers, the few members of the Yang clan had no choice but to retreat in a sorry state.

Their plan was to shut these two unruly servants up for now, and then find a way to get rid of them once the storm had passed.

However, neither Jiang Yuan nor Yang Guangtong's family intended to give them any more chances to cause trouble.

"What's wrong with a big tree having dead branches? Just prune them," Yang Guangtong's eldest son said to his trusted guard.

With their unwavering and unreserved support, Jiang Yuan quickly dealt with those arrogant and conceited members of the Yang clan.

They weren't killed, but their real weaknesses were seized, and they were dealt with according to military regulations.

Those members of the Yang clan lost power one after another and soon became ordinary people without any official position. Their parents, wives, children, and brothers were naturally unwilling to accept this, but they dared not go to the military camp to cause trouble.

They knew their own situation best. Although Jiang Yuan had dealt with the pillar of their family, they hadn't retaliated against him. It was their own pillar who was incompetent, failing to clean up his messes after committing wrongdoings.

At first glance, these people seem quite reasonable, but in fact, they are not only bullies who prey on the weak but also exceptionally tyrannical within their own ranks.

They dared not cause trouble for Jiang Yuan, but when facing Yang Guangtong's elderly mother, wife, and children, they showed a completely different face.

Some people chose to go directly to Yang Guangtong's door, crying and cursing, while others chose to join forces with other members of the Yang clan, attempting to fabricate charges to send Yang Guangtong's elderly mother and wife to a nunnery for spiritual practice.