In a luxurious mansion in Chang'an, there was an old man who was playing chess with a young man. And this young man was only young compared to him, but he was also in his thirties. And this old man is the former servant of the Tang Dynasty, Chen Shuda. And Chen Shuda is playing chess with his son, and he seems to be discussing something.

"Father, why do you attach so much importance to this Chen Fei, he is just a poor family. As for our Chen family's relatives, that's nonsense at all. At most, he happens to be surnamed Chen, why did his father offer such good conditions? His son Chen Shaode asked.

Chen Shuda immediately dropped a chess piece, and then said: "Although I don't know who his biological father is at this time, why don't I know that he can't be a member of our Chen family?" However, there are some things, even if they are not, that must be acknowledged. Do you really think that this Chen Fei is an ordinary poor kid? Let me tell you, this Chen Fei is definitely a masterpiece of a generation, and the power in his hands is not small, and I fancy his future, not his present. Now he is only a fifth-grade official, but he will be a marquis and worship the prime minister in the future, that is almost certain. Because, there are too many people behind him who support him. ”

"Oh? How did I not know? What is he capable of? Chen Shaode asked.

Chen Shuda immediately said: "Some time ago, the Cui family competed for the position of the head of the family, and at that time, Chen Fei happened to be in Bozhou, next to the core of the Cui family. And now Cui Xiuxiu, the eldest daughter of the Cui family, is actually willing to follow him namelessly, do you think there is something wrong with this? ”

"The eldest lady of the Cui family followed him namelessly?" Chen Shaode seems to have heard the funniest joke.

"Yes, the eldest lady of the Cui family followed him namelessly, but Cui Fu, the head of the Cui family, pinched his nose and admitted it. Do you think this is a skill? Chen Shuda asked.

"Well, that's a lot of skill. The Cui family pinched their noses and admitted it, if this is not a skill, then there is really nothing to be able to. Chen Shaode said.

The status of the Cui family is much higher than that of the Chen family, even if the Chen family used to be a royal family, its status among the people is not as good as the Cui family. So the Cui family actually pinched their noses and admitted it, so this is definitely a skill. If it happened in the Chen family, a man from a poor family actually wanted the eldest daughter of their Chen family's direct descendant to follow him without a name and no point, they would definitely shoot that guy to death. But Chen Fei was able to make the Cui family admit it, no matter what the reason, then the Chen family had to admit his ability.

"In addition, he is really a ghost, and he actually came up with that Qiushi Academy, which has more than 20,000 students under his command. And it is snowballing, if in the future, even one percent of this will enter officialdom. That's a lot of power. Two hundred middle- and low-level officials will be his natural allies, all of them are his students, do you think this force is very strong? You must know that the teacher-student relationship, that is one of the strongest relationships, they have already set the teacher-student status, then he can also have his own students join the officialdom to help him in the future. Chen Shuda said.

But Chen Shaode was not a fool, and immediately asked: "Isn't it possible for a powerful minister to appear?" The emperor won't be suspicious of him? ”

"The lesser of the two evils, it is better to let Chen Fei, a poor man with no roots and no foundation, be a powerful minister than to let us scholars be a powerful minister. Do you understand the emperor's thoughts? Chen Shuda asked.

Chen Shaode was silent, because he knew that if he was forced to do so, there must be a powerful minister, and the emperor would rather choose a powerful minister from the cold family. Because the powerful ministers of the poor family have no roots and no foundation. There are not too many family involvement, and they largely rely on cooperation with the emperor to gain power, so the status of the Hanmen is not as powerful as that of the scholars. And the ministers of the scholar clan are different, once the ministers of the scholar clan launch his network of in-laws. That can be said to be all over the world, and that is one step away from usurping. Therefore, it may be difficult for a powerful minister from a poor family to usurp the throne. But once the powerful ministers from the scholar clan were put on the throne. That's just one step away from usurping, and this is the gap.

"It is precisely because I see the potential behind him that I want to include him in our Chen family. Anyway, he was originally surnamed Chen, even if he was not from our Chen family, if he was pushing up for hundreds of years, the relationship was far from much. Anyway, as long as we don't give him the position of head of the family, then we can all have a way to restrain him. Once he relies on our Chen family, then it will be easy for him to go up the mountain and difficult to go down. He can only help our Chen family for the benefit of the Chen family, because he has already become a part of our Chen family. Chen Shuda said.

Chen Shuda's vision is still very far away, he can see the most powerful hole card in Chen Fei's hand, that is, a certain degree of support from the Cui family, plus the tens of thousands of students of the Qiushi Academy, this is Chen Fei's foundation. And once seven to ten years have passed, there will always be a group of students who can enter the officialdom, so it is completely Chen Fei's natural ally. At that time, Chen Fei's power will increase like a snowball, and the power is extremely strong, and becoming a giant is just around the corner. And although Li Shimin knew that these people were Chen Fei's people, Li Shimin would rather believe Chen Fei than those scholars. I'd rather let Chen Fei, a person from a humble family, take power, than let the Shi clan take power. As a cold man, he can only gain power through cooperation with the emperor, unlike the scholars who can constantly encroach on officialdom, and then don't have to rely on the emperor to take power.

"Father, do you think he will agree?" Chen Shaode asked.

Chen Shuda said with certainty: "He will agree, because our Chen family is a scholar clan, and he is from a poor family who should be able to cling to us." In this world, the scholars will always be the scholars, and they will always be countless times more noble than their humble families. If he can have the opportunity to become a warrior, then he will definitely not miss this opportunity. ”

Chen Shuda's thinking is still very traditional, thinking that people in this time and space are proud of being scholars, even if they are not scholars, they must find ways to climb the scholars, so that they can improve their "origin" status a lot. This is actually the trend of the entire society, and it is understandable for Chen Shuda to think so.

Soon, Chen Xiande, the Shuibu Langzhong who met with Chen Fei, came back, and then he said to Chen Shuda in the first sentence: "Father, this Chen Fei is also a madman!" ”

"What? He's crazy? What's going on, you tell me! Chen Shuda said. (To be continued......)