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Chapter 3 Ideal and Reality

Fang Zheng returned to the room dejectedly, and fell onto the bed without taking off his clothes, and sighed heavily. Since it was a remote courtyard chosen by his predecessor, the room was not small, but there were not many decorations in the room, which seemed a little empty. When he sighed, an echo sounded inside the room.

I don’t know what happened to the parents in another world? They must be sadder than anyone else if they lose his son. And his friends who often meet each other on weekdays, drink and brag and yell. Now that they leave, they really miss them.

What’s even more annoying is that after coming to this strange world, what should I do? Fang Zheng has a headache when he thinks of this problem.

Fang Zheng is not interested in being a civil servant. It is not easy to be an official. Fang Zheng is not an opponent in terms of scheming, wisdom, means, and ruthlessness. A small negligence will even be swallowed by others. Don’t think that ancient people were all stupid, because they were all harmed by modern TV dramas. In fact, ancient people only had a narrow understanding, but they were not stupid and had a conspiracy.

Being a military general is even more unreliable. With Fang Zheng's weak body now, being a general is simply nonsense! Not to mention anything else, the weapons used by military generals are often tens of kilograms, and it is good that Fang Zheng can carry them with gritted teeth. It is basically a difficult thing to expect him to wield his weapons into the enemy formation as if he was in a state of no one.

Become an emperor...well, forget it, let's be more realistic.

"I don't understand why it's so difficult for an excellent time traveler to do something?" Fang Zheng said to himself in distress.

Read other time travel novels, the hero is so prosperous, he is leading the army and dismounted to govern the people. If the emperor wants to fart, he must first see whether the protagonist is happy. There are countless beautiful wives and beautiful concubines in the family, either the princess of the country or the princess of a foreign country. If you are a princess, you will be embarrassed to say hello to others...

Why is it his turn to be so miserable? Not to mention the future, don’t even think about the beautiful wife and concubine. The only personal maid around him is still tense all day long, as if someone owes her money...

After thinking a few times, Fang Zheng finally made the safest decision: to continue to be my rich young master. Since God has arranged for me to join the merchant family, I must have the same meaning? It is so good to be a young master, there is no shortage of food, drink, and fun. There are people waiting for the servants at any time and anywhere, walking birds, dogs and fighting crickets. This is the duty of being a playboy. In the future, the old man retires as old as his only son. As his only son, he will inherit the huge family business and seek a few beautiful women, and live a corrupt and depraved life of the landlord class. Isn’t it better than taking his younger brother to fight on the battlefield or fighting with a group of old men in the court?

As for those who save the people from fire and resist foreign enemies from the country... that's not what buddies should do. How big the head is wearing a hat, Fang Zheng looked left and right in front of the mirror. In addition to feeling handsome, he didn't look like the savior should have.

Well, that's the decision! Be a promising profession of the playboy master! Fang Zheng applauded for his wisdom. Look at his buddy's temperament, appearance, and connotation, all of them are born as a young master.

Fang Zheng outlined a beautiful blueprint for the future and fell asleep. In his dream, he had a lot of silver notes in his arms and was chasing several naked beauties. Fang Zheng was chasing while drooling, feeling both complacent and anxious, not to mention being too entangled.

Ideals are always higher than reality. And under normal circumstances, ideals are always shattered by reality's ruthlessness.

After waking up, Fang Zheng's ideal was shattered.

"What? Reading?" Fang Zheng exclaimed in disbelief.

"What a fuss! It's not convention!" Mr. Fang was very dissatisfied with Fang Zheng's reaction.

"Why?" Fang Zheng didn't understand. He had a family, a job and a wealthy life, but his father wanted to study and take the top scorer by himself. This seemed to be seriously out of touch with his ideals...

"No, it's because I said it." Mr. Fang said without even raising his eyelids. The old man was not used to reasoning with his son.

"Zheng'er, your father wants you to study for your own good. Our Fang family is now big and has nothing to lack, but it just lacks fame. If you study hard and become a juren in the future, your father will move on and give him a seventh and eighth rank official position. Wouldn't it be a glorious family?" Seeing that the father and son were showing signs of turning against each other again, Mrs. Fang quickly explained softly.

"But... Guangzong Yaozu doesn't have to study. The child makes more money and opens our Fang family business abroad. Will he still be Guangzong Yaozu?" Fang Zheng was really anxious. Time travel shouldn't be like this. After working for a long time, I went back to ancient times to study. That's better than letting me die in the sewer before.

"Hmph! How can you get fame without studying? Do you think you can walk alone in this world without fame without fame?"

Mr. Fang slowly sipped a sip of tea and then said, "I spent money to donate a student to you, and I have also handled it with Master Chen from Mingdao Academy. After you have a few days off at home, I will take you to Master Chen's home to become a disciple. From now on, I will go to the academy to study every day. The subordinates at home dare not care about you. I am often not at home. Maybe the gentlemen of the academy can control you."

"What is the origin of a student?" Fang Zheng cannot be blamed for not understanding. Modern people, even if they graduate from college, have a few people who understand the meaning of "student"? Just like when you ask Mr. Fang with a binary equation, he must not understand either.

"Students are scholars! A little beast, ignorant, and only knows how to cause trouble all day long!" Mr. Fang really hated his son so much that he gritted his teeth, but unfortunately the person involved was unaware of it.

"Don't you spend money?" Fang Zheng knew that it was very common to spend money to donate officials and fame in ancient times.

Fang Zheng said with a look of embarrassment: "Isn't this good? How ugly it sounds when it is spread."

Mr. Fang knew that his son's nature had changed recently, and he immediately looked forward to it: "Is it because my son plans to study hard and gain fame with his own abilities? This is really a blessing from our ancestors!"

Fang Zheng scratched his head awkwardly and said, "No, what the child means is that our Fang family is a famous wealthy family. It is a bit petty and can only be a scholar for spending money. It is a bit petty and can be joked about it. Why don't you spend more money and just donate the top scorer to your child, which is more troublesome..."

Mrs. Fang: “…”

Mr. Fang: "...get out! Get out! Get out quickly!"

Mr. Fang’s original intention was to find a place for Fang Zheng to stay honestly. It would be better to go to academy to study than to be jealous of others in brothels. As for the top scorer in the exam, Mr. Fang did not expect to make such a hope. What kind of person his son is, he doesn’t know yet. He is just a prodigal son who is ignorant. Such a person wants to get fame and fortune by his ability, and it doesn’t have enough smoke to see the ancestral grave. He just needs to be fire-breathing.

Unexpectedly, his son really failed to live up to the glorious title of "prodigal son". He was not satisfied with spending money to donate a scholar to him, and he actually wanted to use money to make the fame of the top scholar.

Later, when Mrs. Fang saw Fang Zheng being depressed, she told Fang Zheng that the world is not peaceful now. Outside, there are Turks who often commit crimes and plunder and slaughter cities. The people inside are forced to rebel frequently by tying taxes, internal and external troubles, and the treasury is empty. The court urgently needs money, so that the people with financial resources are allowed to spend money to donate officials. However, this is just an unwritten policy. After all, selling official positions in the court is not a glorious matter. From the emperor to the magistrate, everyone turns a blind eye to donating officials. The buyers and sellers are very secretive about this matter and are very low-key. Fang Zheng wants to "buy a top scholar" so much, and he has to say that this person is ignorant and fearless.
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