The disgraced official I took care of was actually Zhu Houcong's childhood friend.

Chapter 660

Jiajing had also considered this point, which is why the matter of the military academy was delayed again and again. Everything has two sides, advantages and disadvantages. Originally, Jiajing was still somewhat hesitant, but after Zhou Chu discussed the marriage between Jiajing and Lin Yao and Yun Jin, Jiajing's concerns were greatly reduced, and he directly prepared to start establishing the military academy.

As for the money to build the military academy, Jiajing planned to use his own private funds, which would cost at most one or two million taels of silver. This amount was just a drop in the ocean for Jiajing at the moment.

The Zhenwu Hall and the Military Academy were built almost simultaneously. The difference was that one was a project of the imperial court, while the other was Jiajing's own project. Now that Jiajing was using his own private funds, no one would say anything, and no one dared to say anything.

Many people knew that the military academy was being built, but they were unaware that it was a military academy, and even less aware that Zhou Chu, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, would be teaching there in the future.

If this news were to spread, countless people in the court would likely oppose it. Of course, these people would not oppose the establishment of the military academy, since its establishment would be very beneficial to the Ming Dynasty. What they would oppose is Zhou Chu teaching alone, as many people would try to get into the military academy.

Whether for the sake of entering the Zhenwu Hall or for the sake of future status and position, entering the military academy is extremely important for many people.

While the construction of the Zhenwu Hall and the Military Academy was in full swing, Zhou Chu was preparing for his life's most important event. He had people prepare twice the amount of lavish gifts, set a date, and prepared to propose to Yun Jin and Lin Yao one after the other.

Both the Lu family and the Princess's Mansion prepared generous dowries for their daughters. Originally, in terms of family wealth, the Lu family was not as wealthy as the Princess's Mansion, after all, Princess Deqing had made an unknown amount of money over the years through Yun Gui Fang.

If the Princess's Mansion wants to outdo the Lu family, it can prepare an incredibly lavish dowry for Lin Yao, perhaps even exceeding a million taels of silver. In that case, Lin Yao's dowry would definitely surpass Yun Jin's.

However, Princess Deqing was always a reasonable person, and moreover, she and Yang had a very good relationship. Before the engagement, Princess Deqing specially invited Yang to the princess's residence, and the two of them discussed the dowry to be prepared.

"Our Lu family may look glamorous, but we don't actually have much money. At most, we can only come up with four or five hundred thousand taels."

Yang sighed.

It wasn't that Lu Bing was particularly incorruptible. As the emperor's childhood friend and having saved Jiajing's life several times, no one would say anything if Lu Bing made a little money. After all, in the original history, Lu Bing was incredibly wealthy, and Xu Jie's family made a fortune by living off Lu Bing's extinct lineage.

However, the current situation in the court is completely different from the original history of Zhou Chu. Now the court is enlightened and Lu Bing has no concept of money. He does not deliberately try to make money. He understands that he should follow His Majesty and Hengqi. So the Lu family now has only a few hundred thousand taels of silver at most.

This was during the previous raids on Lu Bing's home; Zhou Chu always had someone share some with him.

The dowry of four or five hundred thousand taels that Madam Yang mentioned could basically empty the Lu family's coffers. However, even so, Madam Yang did not want to wrong Yun Jin. After all, Yun Jin was marrying Zhou Chu, and she, as his mother, and Lu Bing, as his elder brother, both wanted to give Yun Jin the best.

Lu Bing also took out this money voluntarily.

"Mom, you don't need to pay, I have money."

Upon hearing this, Yun Jin realized that she had never flaunted her wealth, and even her family did not know how much money she had.

"You kid, how much money could you possibly have?"