Father, Stop Calculating! I'm Off to Take the Top Scholar Exam!

【Imperial exams】【Dad with a beanbag】【Family life】【Lighthearted comedy】【Alternate history】 My name is Zhang Ju. My father was a scholar who failed the imperial exams five times. Then one day, he came back from the dead, and everything about him had changed. He stopped calling me a little mud monkey and instead said expressionlessly, “Your hands carry pathogenic bacteria. Physical contact is prohibited.” He stopped buying me sugar figurines and started drawing up densely packed schedules: “Wake at the mao hour, logic training at the chen hour, physical conditioning at the shen hour.” My mother grabbed a gourd ladle to beat him, but he used something called “economics” to talk her into becoming his supervisor! Help! I just want to go watch the big yellow dog have puppies at the village entrance. I don’t want to become an official! My father pushed up his imaginary glasses. “No, you do. If you pass the exams and become Grand Secretary, you can buy two thousand dogs.” To buy every dog in Great Liang, I had no choice but to memorize my books through tears. Before I knew it, I had actually worked my way up to become the dynasty’s Grand Secretary...