Lu Su disagreed with the two of them. Stroking his beard, he said, "Anyone serving as Vice Academy President must be seasoned and steady. I think Old General Huang would be very suitable."
All three had their own favored candidates. Liu Xie turned to Zhuge Liang and asked, "What about you, Kongming? Who do you think will win?"
Zhuge Liang chuckled. "I believe the Marquis of the Capital Township will prevail... Which general do you favor, Your Majesty?"
Liu Xie blinked and spread his hands. "How would I know? Go ahead and place your bets. I was only making a suggestion."
"Anyway, whoever wins the bet gets to treat everyone to dinner."
Everyone's expression froze at those words.
The Son of Heaven... really was a sly fox.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
As promised, Liu Xie announced to the court and the public his plans to establish the Great Han Royal Military Academy. The news instantly set court and country abuzz.
It drew even more attention than the founding of the Imperial Academy had!
Since ancient times, only scholars had had schools dedicated to their studies. The Imperial Academy was another kind of school, and Emperor Ling's Hongdu School had preceded it, so everyone had found the establishment of the Imperial Academy reasonably acceptable.
But now the Son of Heaven actually intended to establish an academy to train military generals. This was unprecedented!
Upon learning the news, many court officials submitted memorials, arguing that this was highly inappropriate and smacked of reckless militarism.
After all, why would an age of peace and prosperity need so many military generals?
An academy specifically dedicated to training generals-was he afraid the country did not have enough martial spirit?
Of course, the most important point was that, if this