"What if you enter the official mansion?" Fang Yun asked again.

"My knowledge is so poor that I can't even be a secretary, so I can only work as an errand boy. As for the chief of the pavilion, they are all local powerful people, and they have nothing to do with me. ”

"Then what kind of business will you choose?" Fang Yundao.

"I could only beg my grandfather to tell my grandmother to join a workshop as an apprentice, to learn the skills secretly, and when I learned the skills, I could go to a better workshop and make more money. Zhang Jing'an said.

"Why do you want to learn technology?" Fang Yun asked.

"If you don't study, how can you start a family?

"Is there a difference between learning technology in a workshop and studying in a school?"

"Nope. ”

"If you chose to study back then, and now you are a Mengtong, what will happen if you enter the army?"

"Will be selected into the elite soldiers soon, and will soon be promoted to captain or even chief, and even have the opportunity to become a captain, if you are lucky, you can get the rank of nine ranks, become a lieutenant or a full lieutenant, that is a real officer, and when you are old, you will inevitably be awarded the title of village man, and you will not have to worry about food and clothing. ”

"After becoming a child, if you don't want to be a soldier, what workshop will you choose?" Fang Yun asked.

"Why should I choose a workshop, I can open a private school and be a teacher, I can go to the county literary institute as a teacher, I can go to a big family to teach clan studies, and I can even enter the government as a secretary, I can choose any trade, it's better than going to a workshop, unless I am a child from a working family. Zhang Jing'an replied seriously.

"How about becoming a showman?" Fang Yun once again.

"Then there are more things that can be done, whether it is in the army or going to the government or the academy, as long as you don't mess around, you have a place, and it's not too difficult to get an official position from the eighth grade when you're old. Those who wear showy clothes walk more majestic than others. Zhang Jing'an had some envy in his tone.

"You don't need me to ask about the Juren, the Jinshi, the Hanlin, the Scholar, the Great Confucian, or even the Demi-Saint, you will definitely be able to tell you all kinds of benefits. Do you know the use of reading now?" Fang Yun asked.

Zhang Jing'an looked embarrassed and said vaguely: "Got it." ”

"Tell me about it. ”

"You can have a higher rank. Zhang Jing'an secretly looked at Fang Yun.

Fang Yun shook his head slightly.

Zhang Jing'an blushed, not knowing what to do.

"Read. Let you have more choices!" Fang Yun's voice was like a golden and jade exchange, sonorous.

Fang Yun slowly turned around and looked at Zhang Jing'an.

"You are born and we choose for you, what you eat, what you drink, everything, you can't help yourself. But when you become an adult, whether you want to or not, you will be forced by this world to make a choice. You don't have a literate. I can only choose to work for others, I can only choose to be a servant and a soldier, yes, there is no distinction between high and low, but in your heart and mine, there is a distinction between high and low!"

Fang Yun's voice suddenly raised.

"On the first day you and I went to Yaxing, we saw that there were people recruiting everywhere, and there seemed to be many choices, but the position limited your choice. Age limits your choices, gender limits your choices, body limits your choices, and experience limits your choices. Families limit your choices, parents limit your choices, employers limit your choices, and preferences limit your choices. Even how much money you have at the time is limiting your options. Even if some trades will pay you a lot of money after a month, as long as he doesn't have food and shelter, you can only go hungry and choose to carry garbage and feces. Just to get paid on the first day, just to not starve to death!"

"You see, there are many options in the world, but you often can't choose! Do you know why? Because you made the wrong choice from the beginning, you chose not to study!"

Fang Yun's voice was like a twilight drum and morning bell vibrating in the room, and Zhang Jing'an only felt that his mind was buzzing, as if something was cutting through his skull.

Fang Yun continued to ask: "You chose to enter the barracks at the age of eleven, now it seems that it is right or wrong?"

"Wrong. Zhang Jing'an hung his head and said.

"Did you choose to be a civil servant, right or wrong?"

"Wrong. ”

"Did you choose to tilt your toe, right?"

"Wrong. ”

"You chose not to study, are you right or wrong?"

"Wrong. Zhang Jing'an's face turned redder.

Fang Yun said slowly: "Don't say you, even a great Confucian who has insight into world affairs or even a half-saint who has understood the holy path will face a choice, and they may all make the wrong choice." You're only 11 years old, why do you think you've made the right choice? It's not that you're stupid, it's that you haven't read enough, it's that you've experienced enough. So, do you know the role of reading books now?"

Zhang Jing'an nodded, but he didn't dare to speak, because he felt that he didn't fully understand Fang Yun's words.

Fang pointed to the books on the table with his index finger, his eyes were as deep as the starry sky, and his gaze was as far as the sky, and said: "The whole human race has used thousands of years of wisdom and experience to create imperial examinations, build academies, and formulate books, so as to pave the broadest, longest, and most correct path of study for our descendants! The function of this road is to give you enough time and knowledge, so that you can choose a new path you want to choose when you go to the farthest place you can reach!"

"If you don't know how to choose when you are a child, then you will be a child; if you don't know how to choose when you are a child, then you will be a showman; if you don't know how to choose when you are a child, then you will be a lifter and a jinshi! One day, you will make your own choice." Yes, the choice at that time was not necessarily easier, not necessarily nobler, but at least you didn't have to go hungry to choose! At least you didn't have to choose between garbage and feces!"

"Choose to study, choose to grit your teeth and continue walking, at that time, even if you are in the same pain, you can choose more ways to alleviate the pain!"

Fang Yun leaned down, looked at Zhang Jing'an, showed a bright smile, and reached out to rub Zhang Jing'an's hair.

"Go to study, even if you regret it in the future, you will only regret choosing the wrong path, not having no way to choose! Even if you are troubled, it will only be because there are too many directions, not because there is no way to choose! If you are born as a human being, you must choose your favorite path! If you reach the end, then use books as a sword and choose to cut a new path!"

"Hmm!" Zhang Jing'an nodded vigorously, this time he didn't dodge.

"Go to sleep. Fang Yun smiled.

"Why do you go to bed so late? Sometimes even at dawn, I have hardly heard of anyone who reads harder than you. Zhang Jing'an raised his head and asked.

Fang Yun smiled slightly and said, "I choose the most difficult path to take, so I have to read the most books!"

Zhang Jing'an only felt that his father's smile was more dazzling than the sun at this time, and nodded as if he didn't understand, and said, "The child is leaving, good night father, no, it's good morning." ”

"Good morning. Fang Yun smiled.

Zhang Jing'an turned to leave, walked to the door and suddenly turned around, a flash of worry flashed on his face, and asked, "Is it too late for me to study now?"

"It's not just the words on paper that are learning, but everything you experience in the barracks, the yamen, and the work is learning. The people you see, the words you hear, and the sights you see are the words of heaven and earth. Since birth, people have been reading the great book of heaven and earth. As long as you read it thoroughly, you will go further. It's just that in the academy, it is the best way to study. Other roads are a thousand times harder!"

"Hmm!" Zhang Jing'an left with confidence.

Little three. (To be continued.) )