In a luxurious mansion in Chang'an, there is an old man playing chess with a young man. This young man is only young compared to him, but he is still in his thirties. This old man is Chen Shuda, the former minister of the Tang Dynasty. Chen Shuda is playing chess with his son, and it seems that he is still discussing something.

"Father, why do you attach so much importance to Chen Fei? He is just a poor family. As for the relatives of our Chen family, it is simply nonsense. At most, his surname is Chen, so why did his father offer such good conditions?" asked his son Chen Shaode.

Chen Shuda immediately fell a piece and said, "Although I don't know who his biological father is at this time, I don't know that he can't be a member of our Chen family? However, there are some things that are not, you have to admit. Do you really think that Chen Fei is an ordinary poor family? Let me tell you, Chen Fei is definitely a master of a generation, and he has a great power in his hands. I am interested in his future, not his current status. Now he is just a fifth-rank official, but he is almost certain that he will be a marquis and a prime minister in the future. Because there are too many people behind him who support him."

"Oh? Why don't I know? What is his ability?" Chen Shaode asked.

Chen Shuda immediately said: "Some time ago, the Cui family was competing for the position of head of the family. At that time, Chen Fei was in Bozhou, next to the core of the Cui family. Now Cui Xiuxiu, the eldest daughter of the Cui family, is willing to follow him without any name. Do you think there is something wrong with it?"

"Miss Cui's eldest daughter followed him without any fuss?" Chen Shaode seemed to have heard the funnyest joke.

"Yes, the eldest lady of the Cui family followed him without any name, but Cui Fu, the head of the Cui family, even pinched her nose and accepted it. Do you think this is a skill?" Chen Shuda asked.

"Well, it's a great skill. The Cui family has pinched their noses and accepted it. If this is not a skill, then there is really nothing to do." Chen Shaode said.

The Cui family's status is much higher than that of the Chen family. Even if the Chen family was once a royal family, its status among the people was not as good as that among the Cui family. So the Cui family actually pinched their noses and recognized it, then this was definitely a skill. If it happened to the Chen family, a man from a poor family actually wanted their Chen family's eldest daughter to follow him without name and no matter what the reason was, they would definitely beat that guy to death. But Chen Fei was able to make the Cui family recognize him like this. No matter what the reason was, the Chen family would admit his ability.

"In addition, he is really a genius. He actually created the Qiushi Academy, with more than 20,000 students under him. And it is increasing like a snowball. If even one percent of them enter the officialdom in the future, it will be a great force. Two hundred middle and low-level officials will be his natural allies and all his students. Do you think this power is very powerful? You must know that the relationship between teachers and students is one of the most solid relationships. They have already set the teacher-student status, so he can also have his own students joining the officialdom to help him in the future." Chen Shuda said.

But Chen Shaode was not a fool either, and immediately asked: "Isn't this possible a powerful minister possible? Will the emperor be suspicious of him?"

"It is better to let Chen Fei, a poor family, be a powerful minister than to let us gentry be the most powerful minister. Do you understand what the emperor thinks?" Chen Shuda asked.

Chen Shaode was silent because he knew that if he had to force him, he had to have a powerful minister, and the emperor would rather choose a powerful minister from a poor family. Because the powerful ministers of poor families have no roots and no foundations, there is no involvement from many families, and they have to rely on cooperation with the emperor to gain power, so the status of powerful ministers in poor families is not as powerful as that of the gentry. However, the powerful ministers of the gentry are different. Once the powerful ministers of the gentry launch their marriage network, it can be said that they are spread all over the world, and it is only one step away from usurping the throne. Therefore, it may be difficult for the powerful ministers from poor families to usurp the throne. But once the powerful ministers from a poor family are allowed to rise to the throne, it is only one step away from usurping the throne, and this is the gap.

"It is precisely because I saw the potential behind him that I wanted to include him in our Chen family. Anyway, he was originally surnamed Chen, and even if he was not from our Chen family, he would not have much relationship with him for hundreds of years. Anyway, as long as he was not given the position of head of the family, we would have a way to control him. Once he relies on our Chen family, it would be easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down the mountain. He could only help our Chen family seek benefits, because he has become a part of our Chen family." Chen Shuda said.

Chen Shuda's eyes were still very far away. He could see the most powerful trump card in Chen Fei's hand, that is, the Cui family's support, and the tens of thousands of students from Qiushi Academy, which was the foundation of Chen Fei. Once seven to ten years passed, there would always be a group of students who could enter the officialdom, which was completely Chen Fei's natural alliance. At that time, Chen Fei's power would increase like a snowball, and his power would be extremely strong, and it was just around the corner to become a giant. Although Li Shimin knew that these people were Chen Fei's people, Li Shimin would rather believe Chen Fei than those geniuses. He would rather let Chen Fei, a poor family, take power than let the geniuses take power. As a poor family, he could only gain power through cooperation with the emperor. He was not like the geniuses who could constantly erode the officialdom and no longer rely on the emperor to take power.

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

Chen Shuda said affirmatively: "He will agree, because our Chen family is a gentry, and a person from a poor family should try his best to cling to us. In this world, the gentry will always be a gentry, and will always be countless times nobler than their poor family. If he can have the opportunity to become a gentry, he will definitely not miss this opportunity."

Chen Shuda's thinking is still very traditional. He believes that people in this time and space are proud of becoming a gentry. Even if they are not a gentry, they must find ways to cling to the gentry, so that their "born" status can be improved a lot. This is actually a trend in the entire society, and it is understandable that Chen Shuda thinks so.

Soon, Chen Xiande, the water department doctor who met Chen Fei, came back, and then he said to Chen Shuda the first sentence: "Father, this Chen Fei is just a madman!"

"What? He is a lunatic? What's going on? Tell me!" said Chen Shuda. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy. The novel is better, updated and faster!
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