Family Private Armies were different.
Because everyone was from their own clan, members could confidently cover each other's backs during combat, often unleashing greater combat power.
Similarly, stemming from within their own people, trying to implement systemic reforms also faced resistance from top to bottom.
If the Family Head was strong enough, it was barely possible to enhance the soldiers' treatment, but reducing the treatment for Aristocratic Military Officers was out of the question.
Everyone was a hero of the clan, why should their treatment be reduced just because the Family Head said so? The Family Head couldn't be unreasonable.
Of course, as long as there was no corruption within the family, it wasn't too much of a problem to ask everyone for temporary sacrifices during critical moments.
However, this was the same as Hudson's reforms: merely temporary emergency measures that would soon revert to the usual ways once the danger was resolved.