Chapter 3 Ideals and Reality

Fang Zheng returned to the room dejectedly, fell on the bed without taking off his clothes, and sighed heavily. Because it is a small remote courtyard chosen by his predecessor, the house is not small, but there are not many furnishings in the house, it seems a little empty, and an echo sounded in the house with a sigh.

I don't know what happened to my parents in the other world? They must be sadder than anyone else to lose his son. There are also his fox friends and dog friends, who often meet on weekdays, drink and brag and don't think about it, and now that they are gone, I really miss them.

What's even more disturbing is that after coming to this strange world, what should I do? Fang Zheng had a little headache when he thought of this question.

Being a civil official, Fang Zheng is not interested, officials are not so easy to be, in terms of scheming, resourcefulness, means and ruthlessness, Fang Zheng is not an opponent, a small negligence will even be swallowed by others, don't think that ancient people were stupid, it was all harmed by modern TV series. In fact, the ancients only had a narrower vision, but they did not lack the heart and eyes, and they calculated people to be yin.

To be a military general, it is even more unreliable, with Fang Zheng's current weak little body, to be a general, that is simply nonsense! Not to mention anything else, the weapons used by other generals are often a hundred or dozens of catties, Fang Zheng can grit his teeth and carry it, it is not bad, expecting him to wield a weapon and kill into the enemy formation as if he entered a no-man's land, it is basically a more difficult thing than ascending to the sky.

When the emperor ,...... Well, forget it, let's be realistic.

"I don't understand, why is it so difficult for an excellent young man to do something?" Fang Zheng muttered to himself in distress.

Reading other time-traveling novels, the male protagonist is so mixed that it is called a wind and water, leading the army on the horse, ruling the people on the horse, the emperor wants to fart first to see if the protagonist is happy, there are countless beautiful wives and concubines in the family, either a domestic princess or a foreign princess, if you are a county lord, you are embarrassed to greet people......

Why is it his turn to be so miserable? Not to mention the confused future, let alone a beautiful wife and concubine, the only personal maid around her still has a tense face all day long, as if someone owes her money......

After thinking about it a few times, Fang Zheng finally made the safest decision: continue to be my rich young master. Since God arranged for me to devote myself to the merchant's house, this must be what it means, right? How good it is to be a young master, there is no shortage of eating, drinking, and having fun, and there are people waiting for the waiter anytime and anywhere, walking birds and playing dogs and fighting crickets, this is what it is to be a gentleman. In the future, when the old man retires when he is old, as his only son, he will inherit the huge family business, and then ask for a few beautiful mothers-in-law, and live a small life of decay and depravity of the landlord class, isn't it a hundred times stronger than taking his younger brother to fight on the battlefield, or intriguing with a group of old men in the court?

As for those who save the people from fire and water, and reject foreign enemies from the country...... That's not what a buddy should do, what a big head and how big a hat he wears, Fang Zheng looked left and right in the mirror, in addition to feeling handsome and handsome, he didn't look like a savior.

Well, that's it! Let's do a good job as a young master! Fang Zheng applauded his wise decision. Look at the temperament, appearance, and connotation of buddy, all of them are born young masters.

Fang Zheng sketched a beautiful blueprint for the future and fell asleep. In his dream, he was carrying a lot of silver tickets in his arms, and he was chasing a few naked stunning beauties with his life, Fang Zheng was chasing while being lazy, feeling both proud and anxious, not to mention more entanglement.

The ideal is always higher than the reality. And under normal circumstances, ideals are always crushed by the ruthlessness of reality.

After waking up, Fang Zheng's ideals were shattered.

"What? Study? Fang Zheng exclaimed in disbelief.

"What a fuss! Unorthodox! Master Fang was very dissatisfied with Fang Zheng's reaction.

"Why?" Fang Zheng doesn't understand, he has a family, a job and a surplus of wealth, but he has a good rich life, but his father wants to study and take the top prize by himself, which seems to be seriously out of touch with his ideals......

"No, it's because the old man said it." Old Man Fang didn't raise his eyelids, this old man was not used to reasoning with his son.

"Zheng'er, your father wants you to study, also for your own good, our Fang family is now big, and there is no shortage of anything, but there is one less fame, if you study hard, in the future, your father will move again, and put a seven-grade and eight-grade official position, wouldn't it be a glorious ancestor?" Mrs. Fang saw that the two fathers and sons showed signs of turning their faces again, so she hurriedly explained softly beside her.

"Yes...... Glory and glory of ancestors do not necessarily have to study, children make more money, and open our Fang family business to foreign countries, isn't it still the same to honor the ancestors? "Fang Zheng is really in a hurry, crossing shouldn't be like this. I have been busy for a long time, and I went back to ancient times just to study? It would have been better for me to die in the sewers.

"Humph! How can you be famous if you don't study? Without fame, do you think you can walk sideways in this world just because you have money? ”

Master Fang slowly took a sip of tea, and then said: "The old man spent money to donate a student to you, and he also talked to Master Chen of Mingdao Academy, after you rest at home for a few days, the old man will take you to Master Chen's house to apprentice, and then go to the academy every day to study, no one in the family dares to care about you, and the old man is often not at home, probably the gentlemen of the academy can control you." ”

"Student...... What is the origin? "You can't blame Fang Zheng for not understanding, how many modern people, even if they graduated from college, understand the meaning of "student"? It's like if you take a binary equation and ask Master Fang, he definitely doesn't understand.

"Shengren, it's Xiucai! Little brute, who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to make trouble, only knows how to make trouble all day long! Master Fang gritted his teeth with such hatred for his son, but unfortunately the person concerned was unconscious.

"Spending money?" Fang Zheng knew that it was really a common thing to spend money on officials and fame in ancient times.

Fang Zheng said with an embarrassed face: "Isn't this okay?" How ugly it sounds. ”

Master Fang knew that his son's heart had changed recently, and when he heard this, he immediately looked forward to it: "Could it be that my son plans to study hard and win a reputation with his own skills?" This is really the blessing of our ancestors! ”

Fang Zheng scratched his head embarrassedly, and said: "No, the child means that our Fang family is a famous rich family, spending money to donate only a showman, it is a bit of a small family, and it is a joke that it is not up or down, why don't you spend more money, and simply donate a champion to the child, it will save more trouble......

Mrs. Fang: "......"

Master Fang: "...... Get lost! Get out! Hurry up! ”

Master Fang's original intention was just to find a place for Fang Zheng to stay honestly, it was better to go to the academy to study than to be jealous of others in the Qinglou, as for the top student in the exam, Master Fang didn't expect to do this at all. What kind of character is his son, he doesn't know yet? is completely a loser who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it, such a person wants to gain fame by his ability, and the smoke from the ancestral tomb is not enough, he just has to breathe fire.

I didn't expect that my son really lived up to the glorious title of "loser", and he didn't want to go up to the extreme, and he was not satisfied with spending money to donate a show to him, and he wanted to use the money to smash the fame of the champion.

Later, Mrs. Fang saw that Fang Zheng was depressed, so she told Fang Zheng that now the world is not peaceful, and there are Turks outside who often invade the territory and plunder, slaughter the city, and the people inside are forced to rebel frequently by harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, internal and external troubles, the treasury is empty, and the court is in urgent need of money, so it is only to allow businessmen or landlords with financial resources to spend money to donate officials, but this is only an unwritten policy, after all, it is not a glorious thing for the court to sell officials, up to the emperor, down to the county, all turn a blind eye to the matter of donating officials. The buyer and seller are very secretive about this matter, and they are very low-key, Fang Zheng wants to "buy a champion" with such fanfare, and he can't help but say that this person is ignorant and fearless.

And Mrs. Fang also hinted at Fang Zheng slightly, there is no need to worry too much about fame, anyway, no one in the Fang Mansion expected this Young Master Fang to really get any fame. Master Fang just wanted to use the excuse of studying to restrain him and let him make less trouble outside, for Fang Zheng, this was good news, and the pressure was reduced a lot.