The eunuch finished reciting the imperial edict, folded the imperial edict in half with his hands, held it in front of Fang Zheng, with a smile on his face, and said, "Brother Fang, please accept the imperial edict."

Fang Zheng was confused by this long list of "Zhihuzheye" and didn't understand a word at all. Seeing the eunuch bringing the imperial edict, Fang Zheng had to take it over and listen to the singing on TV and said: "The people of the country, Fang Zheng, will receive the imperial edict, long live my emperor!"

The eunuch quickly said, "Brother Fang, you are now the emperor's title of Count. The court has already made a record of the case. You can no longer call yourself a schnitarian. Remember to remember."

What does it mean? Why did I become an earl? Fang Zheng vaguely heard that it seemed that it was because of the retreat of the Turkic army that the emperor granted him a title or an official position. But when he made a suggestion, didn’t he agree to the fat man not to become an official? Could it be that this kid forgot?

Seeing the opportunity, Mr. Fang quickly took out a silver note from his sleeve, stuffed it quietly into the eunuch's hand, and smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, father-in-law, please accept this little meaning, father-in-law, for a happy celebration."

The eunuch skillfully put the silver notes into his sleeves and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Old Master Fang, Congratulations to Uncle Fang, Uncle Fang has risen to the top from now on, and his future is limitless."

Master Fang smiled when he heard this, and said, "Thank you, my father-in-law, for your good words."

The eunuch then ordered the soldiers to send the prepared court uniforms, the forbidden palace waist cards and the title certificates, and then bid farewell to Mr. Fang and Fang Zheng.

After the eunuch left, the servants of the Fang family looked at each other, and suddenly a burst of cheers broke out. Mrs. Fang stroked her long beard and laughed happily. Mrs. Fang rubbed Fang Zheng's head with joy. After the servants cheered, they rushed to Fang Zheng and threw Fang Zheng up and down. Fang Zheng was so scared that he shouted in the air: "Don't pull his pants! Who is playing hooligan..."

Mr. Fang surprised not to stop everyone in the Fang Mansion, but just looked at Fang Zheng with a smile and comfort. After Mrs. Fang was overjoyed, she had already turned her back and wiped her tears secretly.

Fang Zheng was thrown away and he was dizzy. After he got off the ground, he stood firm for a while.

While everyone was a little calm, Fang Zheng came to Mr. Fang and asked, "Dad, what did the emperor block me? The father-in-law just read too fast and the child didn't hear it clearly."

Mr. Fang smiled and said, "I didn't hear it clearly? I'm afraid you didn't understand it?" Zheng'er, if you want to study more in the future, you are already a court official and have a title awarded by the imperial court. If you are as ignorant as before, you will lose your own face."

Fang Zheng smiled awkwardly and said that he was just right.

Mr. Fang explained: "The emperor gave you the same Jinshi as a Jinshi, which means that you will be a person with great fame in the future. You will be named the loyal and brave uncle, and you will be the Count, and you will be named the rank of the right Sanqi Equestrian. Do you understand?"

"What kind of official is the Sanqi Changshou? What rank?"

"The attendant of the Sanqi in the court is a false title, a fifth-rank attendant, and he is with the emperor. He gives some suggestions to the emperor. Although he has no real power, his position is very important. Zheng'er, you have to be careful to be a servant."

"Aren't the eunuchs who are with the emperor?" This is often performed on TV. Aren't those who are following the emperor frantically all the eunuchs who are hairless and rootless? The emperor wouldn't ask the young master to castrate himself to serve him, right?

"Don't talk nonsense!" Mr. Fang glared at him, "The attendant of the Sanqi is a civil servant, not a eunuch."

Mr. Fang looked at the sky, then called Butler Sun, "Today is a great event for our Fang family. I ask my servants to prepare. I want to go to the ancestral hall to worship our ancestors."

So, after preparing for the sacrifice of livestock, fire candles and other things, the three members of the Fang family, led by Master Fang, entered the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors of the Fang family. Master Fang knelt in the ancestral hall and burst into tears to comfort the ancestors' spirits in the sky. The Fang family has been doing business for several generations, and finally an official was born, which is really the ancestors' blessing.

The servants knelt in two rows outside the ancestral hall with a solemn expression. Butler Sun and Butler Liu knelt on the left and right outside the ancestral hall gate. The two old men who worked hard for the Fang family for half their lives were now like children, crying with tears.

The Fang family's incense has been passed down for more than ten generations, and no one from his ancestors has ever been in office. They either farm or do business. In terms of social status, the Fang family has been trampled at the bottom for so many years. Now Fang Zheng has been fighting for the Fang family. If nothing unexpected happens, the Fang family will be able to become rich and noble families in the upper class and truly realize the wealthy and powerful upper-class family model. Mr. Fang and Mrs. Fang, even the one or two hundred servants in the family, will have their identities risen. They will no longer have to face the contemptuous eyes of others outside. This day, for the Fang family, it is a day of transformation and encouraging spirit. The Fang family finally stepped through the transformation from a businessman to a family of officials.

After the worship, Mr. Fang waved his hand and ordered people to close the door of the mansion. All the servants of the mansion gathered, each of whom was rewarded with 5 taels of silver. He was allowed to drink and have fun and never return without getting drunk.

The Fang family suddenly became excited. On that day, the Fang family did not invite any guests. The three masters of the Fang family were all servants from the mansion. Master Fang also temporarily transferred half of the chef in the Yaoyue Building. Everyone indulged in eating, drinking and laughing, from the afternoon to late at night.

The entire Fang Mansion was drunk. Mr. Fang was the most drunk and almost unconscious. When he was helped back to the room by his servants, he murmured, "Bless our ancestors, the Fang family is revived..."

Fang Zheng was quite sloppy. When the servants came to him to drink, they often sneered at him, and if they could, they would be sneered. So when everyone was almost drunk, he drank five or six points. Seeing that everyone was drunk, Young Master Fang smiled and went back to sleep.

In June of the 12th year of Jianwu, the Northern Army Newspaper came. The 20,000 elite cavalry led by Feng Qiudao dressed up as Turks, entered the grassland from Shaanxi and Gansu, and slaughtered dozens of small Turkic tribes, and deliberately made a sound, saying that they were subordinates of the Turkic Khan Mochu, and under the order of the Xin Khan, they took over all tribes on the grassland.

Twenty thousand people fought to the vicinity of Heisha City, the Turkic king Ting. Feng Qiudao turned around and left, rushed from the grassland to the desert, and then returned to Huachao through the Silk Road.

Mochuo, who was left behind in the grassland, was furious when he heard that someone was slaughtering the Turks under his name, and he raised an army of 20,000 to chase Feng Qiudao's troops. Fortunately, Feng Qiudao was withdrawn earlier. When the Turks chased him, Feng Qiudao had already led his army to escape from the desert.

The Turkic Khan Gu Dulu, who was attacking the Huachao city, was indeed trapped. He heard that his younger brother Mochu had already established himself as a Khan and slaughtered dozens of old, weak, women and children from tribes, and was very angry.

The military camps of the Turkic army also spread rumors everywhere due to careful work, which led to unstable morale in the army. On the night when they received the exact news from the grassland, three or four military camps mutinized. Seeing this, Gu Dulu immediately gave up his original plan to attack the Chinese Dynasty and led the Turkic army back to the grassland at full speed, preparing to "suppress" his brother Mochu's rebellion.

At this point, Fang Zheng's strategy to retreat to the Turks was completely successful.

In this battle, Feng Qiudao's troops slaughtered countless old, weak, women and children in the Turkic tribe, and the 20,000 elite soldiers he brought into the grassland also lost a lot. Among the Turkic tribes, even women and children were good at riding and shooting. When Feng Qiudao's troops stepped into the border of Dahua, there were only more than 6,000 people left.

When the military newspaper arrived in the capital, the whole city cheered, and the people took to the streets to celebrate with each other. Feng Qiudao, who led the lonely army to the grassland, was praised by the people and became a national hero.

I don’t know who found out the news. The plan to retreat to the enemy this time was offered by Fang Taisui, the prodigal son of the Fang family business. The prodigal son had been awarded the title by the emperor and became an official in the court. Everyone was shocked and suspicious, and they specially asked the shopkeepers of the Fang family store to inquire. After receiving a positive reply, the people immediately praised him. Even Fang Zheng’s previous bad deeds were praised as unruly, with the elegance of elegance and wealth.

At this time, Fang Zheng was sitting in the back hall of the fat man's palace, drinking and chatting with the fat man.

These days, the gates of Fang Mansion were almost crushed. Some were flattering, some gave gifts, and some were matchmakers. Everyone knows that the Fang family has a successful son, not far from being successful. When will they not be flattered and pleased at this time? Especially in the past, three families wanted to marry their daughter to Fang Zheng's owner, they begged Mr. Fang to marry their daughter immediately.

These people gave Fang Zheng a headache. He hadn't taken a step forward in a few days. Today, he finally couldn't stand it anymore and sneaked out of the back door. After that, Fang Zheng immediately came to Fu Prince's Mansion to find the fat man.

"I said fat man, how can you be so kind to you? Didn't you tell you that I don't want to be an official. If your father wants to reward me, just give me some gold, silver and jewelry. A stunning beauty, why do you have to make me an official? Look at me like this, it's like being an official?" Fang Zhengzi took a sip of wine and said dissatisfiedly.

"Haha, my father must let you be an official. What can I do? Otherwise, you can talk to my father in person? Anyway, you are the regular attendant of the Sanqi cavalry and you can enter the palace to meet the saint at any time." The fat man smiled proudly, like a fat fox who only stole a hundred chickens. He pulled Fang Zheng into the court to become an official, and this kid made a lot of efforts behind the scenes.

"Come on, your father cut my head right away." Fang Zheng rolled his eyes.

"Brother Fang, why don't you try to contribute some effort to the country? Even if you don't care about high-ranking officials and generous salaries, what's wrong with being able to contribute some effort to the people? Do you know how many lives the people you have made have saved? I don't understand why you are so resistant to becoming an official?"

"Fatty, let me be with you today. It's really...ah! Say something unruly," Fang Zheng glanced left and right, and looked around, and then he came to the fat man's ear and whispered: "As the saying goes, being with the king is like being with a tiger..."

The fat man was stunned when he heard this. Before he could react, Fang Zheng immediately changed into a scoundrel face and said, "Hey, don't go and report it. I didn't say anything. After leaving this door, I didn't recognize anything."

The fat man thought for a moment and suddenly realized: "Ah! So you are afraid of this..."

The fat man continued, "You are really worrying about it. As long as you don't commit the serious crime of treason and usurpation, you'll be fine if you are careful when speaking and doing things. Since my father ascended the throne, he has been killed for twelve years. The officials he killed are all guilty until he dies. Besides, isn't I still there? With you, what kind of serious crime can you commit?"

Fang Zheng nodded, then reacted and said unhappily: "What does it mean to be me? What does this mean?"

The fat man smiled, "It means that if you are like this, you can't commit a serious crime even if you have the courage to do so. At most, you will be greedy for some money and be morally corrupt, which is not a big deal."

Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly, "Why do I listen to what you said is wrong? Others who have the ability are governing the country and pacifying the world, and those who are incompetent and mediocre. I am fine if I don't even have the ability to commit crimes?"

The fat man laughed, "Brother Fang, don't be humble, you are very capable."

Then, the fat man said in a heavy tone: "Brother Fang, you have told me before that the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. Now the Hua Dynasty is in trouble with internal and external troubles, and the ministers in the court are mostly mediocre and self-protection. Local officials are fish and meat and people are greedy, and the Turkic tigers outside look at them. The father always thinks about this and is worried. Brother Fang, we have known each other for so long, so you should help me, okay? Be a good official, try your best to help my father and the Hua Dynasty to do something, okay?"

Fang Zheng was silent. He felt that everything was contrary to his original intention. Young Master, my dream was to be a playboy. Why did he become an official in the blink of an eye? Besides, I didn't do anything, I just came up with a bad idea. Ancient people studied hard for ten years and went to Beijing to take the exam. They might not be able to pass the exam. Why did I get a fifth-rank official with a few words and a title? This official is too easy, right? It's really not worth it for those scholars and juren.

Since this official has been granted and it is not appropriate to return it, then just put it in front of it. Young Master, I should be considered a progressive young man no matter what. Someone is willing to give him an official, why am I not willing to be a official? Besides, Fang Zheng has deeply remembered what the fat man said to Fang Zheng on the day of Yuzhai opening. No matter from any perspective, he has to be this official. Things in the world are often like this. Sometimes when it comes to his head, no matter how unwilling he is, he cannot refuse. His personal will seems so small in the face of the development trend of things.

Should I rise up and resist or enjoy it silently? With Master Fang’s temperament, it seems that there is no need to choose the answer.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng made up his mind and said with a smile: "Fatty, let me ask first, how much is the salary for an official? Oh, how much does it mean? I'm going to let it go if I don't have it. Oh, I'm really an unprincipled person..."

When the fat man heard this, he knew that Fang Zheng had agreed to be an official, so he was overjoyed. He patted Fang Zheng's shoulder and laughed: "With your family's financial resources, that little salary is probably not your eye. My father asked you to be an official has another advantage. All officials in the world may be greedy, but you cannot be greedy, because your family is too rich, and the little money given by others is really embarrassed to take it out in front of you."

Fang Zheng also laughed, "Yes, but I have a disadvantage to being an official. If someone else uses beauty tricks on me, I think I will surrender soon..."

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(After the end of the first volume, please read the second volume. Let me see how Master Fang made the court officialdom chaotic and messy, everyone was afraid of others, and they were sad when they saw ghosts.)

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The first volume is over, and I feel a little emotional. It is nearly 180,000 words, and I have never coded so many words in my life. I am so proud. Whether you like this book or not, I feel that I have tried my best.

Thanks to all the friends in the book review area for their strong support. There are many hard-core book friends in this book, which touched me very much. To me, your attention seems to be a responsibility I voluntarily carries on my back. I often think about it when typing. It’s not disappointing. I have to spend more time and write some exciting chapters, otherwise I will be sorry for myself and readers.

Volume 2 starts tomorrow. I don’t know much about the officialdom, but I will try to look at this ancient officialdom from the perspective of the protagonist Fang Zheng, and I will try my best to write the plot more easily. Who said that the officialdom must be serious? From ancient times to the present, there are more absurd, funny and incredible things happening in the officialdom than in the folk.
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