PAA – Thanks
Toi – certainly looks like a huge Dochek to me (he is Mehapech the words of the Gemorah), and certainly not Pashut P’shat (besides that he claims the Tanu Rabbanan is Davka going like Rav Nehurai against the other Tannaim in Keddushin).
Pashut Pshat (to me) is that everyone has their Tachlis in this world that the RBSO put them here to do. For some it is Chessed, others Askanus, some to make Shidduchim, some to support the Klal, and some to learn Torah full time. It was not Zev Wolfson’s ZTL or Mike Tress’ ZTL’s job to learn full time (seemingly), or Lehavdil L’chaim Yisroel Friedman (the Shaddchan) or Yehudah Rechnitz. If they were to quit their holy work because “they need to learn in Kollel”, that would be worth crying over. And in reality, if you think about it, everyone who works to support their family is also doing “Meleches Shomaim”, if they are doing so for the right reasons.
If you would like a more “Pashut” pshat than the Maharsha that also fits with your personal Hashkafic outlook, you can see the Nachlas Baruch (available on Hebrewbooks.org), who says similar to what PAA quoted in his link.