Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 901: Chapter 651: Interests and Conflicts (Part 2)

Soon, they learned about Yang Mingzhao’s news from the mouths of two personal followers.

After listening, Yang Zhenshan and Yu Qingyi fell into silence.

Yang Zhenshan stroked his beard, squinting his eyes, and remained silent for a long time.

Yu Qingyi, on the other hand, looked down at her delicate palm, but she was secretly looking at Yang Zhenshan.

Now, not to mention Qingxia being worried, even Yu Qingyi was concerned that Yang Zhenshan might be angry.

Having been married for so many years, Yu Qingyi rarely saw Yang Zhenshan angry, because Yang Zhenshan had never been angry with the family. However, today Yu Qingyi felt that Yang Zhenshan might be angry about Yang Mingzhao’s affair.

Was Yang Zhenshan angry?

He was certainly angry, but not as furious as one might imagine.

The bond between the Yang family and Da Rong still existed, but it was not as deep as imagined. To be precise, Yang Zhenshan’s feelings for Da Rong were not as profound as imagined.

He was never really one of Da Rong’s people, although Da Rong gave him wealth and glory, all of that was earned on the battlefield by him.

Be it the title or the position, those were all exchanged with solid war achievements by him.

He didn’t owe Da Rong anything; instead, Da Rong owed him a lot.

Not to mention anything else, Chongshan Town and the Tenglong Guard were the most precious existences he gave to Da Rong.

Those were over a hundred thousand elite soldiers and two to three million prosperous civilians and military households.

You could say Chongshan Town and the Tenglong Guard belonged to the Yang family, but they were more so Da Rong’s.

Unfortunately, the Da Rong Court had always been wary of the Yang family’s existence, never utilizing Chongshan Town and the Tenglong Guard’s power but instead defending against them, which was to guard against the Yang family.

With bandits rampant in the three provinces of Longyuan, Shanhe Province was also ravaged by bandits; the Da Rong Court even mobilized the imperial guard but was unwilling to move Chongshan Town and the Beihai Navy.

This indicated that whether it was Emperor Jianxing or the entire court of civil and military officials, all had reservations about the Yang family and were unwilling to let the elite of Chongshan Town and the Tenglong Guard enter Shanhe Province.

If the court mobilized Chongshan Town and the Tenglong Guard’s forces, it’s not daring to say otherwise, but certainly would block the bandits outside Shanhe Province.

And now, what Yang Zhenshan was considering was whether the conflict between the Yang family and the court could still be resolved.

What conflicts existed between the Yang family and the court?

First, it was the interests of the Yang family in the Tenglong Guard, no, more accurately, the interests of the Yu, Xie, Han, Wu, Xue, and Zhang six families in the Tenglong Guard.

The interests of these six families were also the interests of the Yang family; the court wanted to move the interests of the Tenglong Guard, and these six families would be the first to disagree.

Second, it was Chongshan Town. The Yang family had long been entrenched in Chongshan Town, and it wasn’t as simple as changing the governor and General to alter things. To uproot the Yang family from Chongshan Town, one would have to destroy it and rebuild it.

With the Yang family’s control over Chongshan Town, any emperor with a temper wouldn’t tolerate it and would try every means to eliminate the Yang family.

But from the Yang family’s perspective, Chongshan Town was continuously constructed by the Yang family and the Yang clan, and the initial Chongshan Town was also conquered by Yang Zhenshan leading the Tenglong Guard soldiers. Later, many descendants of the Yang family and the Yang clan invested in Chongshan Town.

It could be said that today’s Chongshan Town was almost built by the Yang family and the Yang clan.

The court couldn’t tolerate the Yang family occupying Chongshan Town and controlling the Tenglong Guard, and the Yang clan and the six families in the Tenglong Guard certainly wouldn’t give up their contributions and interests in Chongshan Town and the Tenglong Guard.

Now these two problems have already become unresolved contradictions.

Thinking of this, Yang Zhenshan looked up at the two personal followers.

”Can this matter be confirmed?”