Kangxi the Great Emperor (Set of 4 Books)

Author: Eryuehe
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Publish Date: 2001-02-01
Features: This book introduces that Kangxi ascended to the throne at the age of eight, following the will of Shunzhi, with four ministers—Soni, Suksaha, Ebilun, and Ebai—as his advisors. Among them, Ebai was arrogant and tyrannical, and after the death of the elderly minister Soni, he allied with Ebilun, executed Suksaha who did not cooperate with him, and monopolized the court affairs. He often roared in the Golden Hall, forcing Kangxi to comply with his wishes.
At the age of fourteen, Kangxi began to govern personally, but Ebai not only refused to return power to the emperor but also formed cliques, allied with his loyalists, and plotted to assassinate the emperor to seize power for himself.
Kangxi was intelligent and mature from a young age. On one hand, he secretly took a failed scholar and the Jiangnan talent Wu Ciyou as his teacher, diligently studying the governance experiences of past emperors. On the other hand, he took personal guard Wei Dongting as the core, selecting and training over a dozen young and strong men under the guise of practicing martial arts, preparing to eliminate the greatest in his vicinity at the right moment.