June 17.
The Central Authority's Inner Cabinet announced a piece of news: The court planned to establish another new university!
As soon as the news broke, the world was shaken.
The Inner Cabinet had done an excellent job keeping this matter secret. Only a few rumors had occasionally leaked out, so very, very few people truly knew about it.
When the news was finally confirmed, many people realized it only after the fact.
In the political arena, waiting until the news was confirmed before fighting for it meant that one was already too late.
The advantage the Lu family had spent more than a decade arranging was revealed without a doubt at this moment.
The moment the Inner Cabinet announced plans to establish a new university, Lu Wenzheng, the Imperial Inspector of Feng Province, submitted a memorial requesting that the university be established in the Provincial City of Feng Province. He also listed a series of preparations: abundant Martial Dao cultivation resources, extensive faculty reserves, and even the full support of a major Martial Dao sect.
And finally, there was a Grandmaster!
With such conditions laid out, the other provinces could not possibly compete with Feng Province without any preparation.
Of course, those provinces that did not yet have a university were unwilling to give up just like that. They began integrating their resources, reporting to the Central Authority, and striving with all their might to win the bid.
But the Inner Cabinet members who could decide the matter had already been won over by the Lu family over the past decade or more. The family had pulled strings and paved the way long in advance.
Unless the current Son of Heaven or that Chief Secretary suddenly voiced strong opposition, the Inner Cabinet's final vote would certainly favor Feng Province.