To be fair, Soetu's ability was not outstanding. It was only because he made great contributions when he captured Oboi that he was promoted by Kangxi. He was promoted to the position of Grand Secretary of Baohe Hall like a rocket.

Soetu had been the Grand Secretary of Baohe Hall for ten years, and Kangxi had completely seen what kind of person Soetu was.

Lack of ability is secondary. His biggest shortcoming is his habit of excluding dissidents. Whenever officials in the court do not agree to his solicitation, he will try his best to get them fired.

Therefore, in the 19th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, Soetu was demoted directly from the position of Grand Secretary of Baohe Hall to the position of Zuoling.

It's even faster than his promotion speed.

Later, as Yinreng grew older, Kangxi felt that the crown prince should also have his own power, so he promoted Soetu to the position of Minister of the Imperial Guard.

As for why the relationship between Mingzhu and Soetu was so bad, it can be traced back to before the Three Feudatories Rebellion began, when Kangxi proposed to reduce the power of the feudal lords.

At that time, Nalan Mingzhu supported the reduction of the power of the princes, while Soetu was opposed to it.

Kangxi ignored the opposition and issued an order to reduce the power of the princes.

Later, when the Three Feudatories Rebellion broke out, Soetu became powerful.

He actually asked Kangxi to kill Mingzhu and send his head to Wu Sangui and others to ask for peace.

Kangxi ignored him at that time.

However, at the celebration banquet after the pacification of the Three Feudatories, Soetu's request to kill Mingzhu was exposed.

This led to a complete break between the two.

Therefore, it was entirely Soetu's own fault that he was unpopular in the court.

After decades of living together in his previous life, Yinreng had already seen through Soetu's character.

To put it bluntly, apart from his decent abilities, Soetu was no different from those middle-level leaders in later companies who had little ability, liked to curry favor with their superiors, and suppressed their subordinates.

Yinreng actually hated this kind of people the most.

Because in his first life he had also been treated like a slave by such people.

There is no reward for a good job, but if the job is done poorly, you will take all the responsibility.

Which subordinate can accept such a leader?

But Soetu tried his best to win people's hearts for him, so even if he disliked Soetu's character in his previous life, he still patiently taught him by words and deeds, and changed Soetu's arrogant character a lot.

He didn't want to be an emperor in this life, and the best outcome for Soetu was to work honestly in his current position until retirement.

If Yinreng had not given Soetu the opportunity to "instigate", Soetu would not have died.

In February, Kangxi received news from the border that Galdan had completely taken over the Tushetu Khanate, and the next step was to attack the Chechen Khanate.

Kangxi did not delay and directly summoned all the major military and political ministers to discuss the matter and decided to lead the army in person.

With Yinreng's thoughts as a reference, Kangxi knew exactly where the war was headed.

In order to avoid the incident of Soetu delaying the battle and letting Galdan escape, Kangxi decided to bring Soetu to his side to watch over him.

In addition, Yinzhi and Prince Yu Fuquan had different military strategies, so Kangxi decided to keep Yinzhi by his side.

At a single command, Kangxi assembled an army of 100,000, and together with Fuquan and Changning, they marched towards Khalkha Mongolia in three directions.

He still left Yinreng in charge of the country.

Because Yinreng knew the direction of history, he was not overly worried about the war situation. After Kangxi went to war, he handled state affairs in the cabinet lobby.

He could handle minor matters on his own, but for major matters, he would send memorials to Kangxi urgently, asking him to make a decision, and then send them back to the palace urgently.

All the officials, big and small, who stayed in Beijing on business were as obedient as cats in front of Yinreng.

It seems that Yinreng's two madnesses last year still left them with a considerable psychological trauma.

Although the days as regent were not much different from before, Yinreng felt more relaxed psychologically without Kangxi around.

Kangxi received letters constantly, almost one every three to five days.

On this day, Yinreng was reviewing memorials when a guard rushed in from outside, knelt down in front of Yinreng, and raised the silk cloth in his hand to his head.

"My Lord, the Emperor has issued an order, summoning you and the Third Master to accompany him to the front lines!"

Yinreng sighed secretly in his heart.

'It's so tiring to have to go through this again!'

He stood up from his seat, walked quickly forward to take the silk cloth, and asked while looking at it,

"Why so sudden? Did something happen on the front line?"

"I don't know!"

Yinreng actually knew it very well.

Kangxi fell ill at the front and missed his son, so he mobilized a large army to send the imperial edict back.

Yinreng glanced at the imperial edict, then walked out.

He also has to inform the third brother.

Kangxi was now recuperating in the Guru Fuljan Jiahunga Mountain Palace. In his previous life, in order to show his filial piety, he rode a horse for half a day and took a carriage for half a day. By the time he arrived at the palace, both his and Yinzhi's thighs were rubbed raw. He lived with Kangxi and recuperated for half a month before returning to Beijing after he was fully recovered.

He planned to do it all over again in this life.

This would prevent Kangxi from blaming him for being disloyal and unfilial.

When Yinreng arrived at the Shangshufang, the princes were practicing calligraphy.

He rushed in and scared everyone.

Today's teacher was Zhang Ying. When he saw Yinreng, he wanted to kneel down and pay his respects, but Yinreng stopped him. After briefly explaining the purpose of his visit to the Shangshufang, he turned to look at Yinzhen.

"Little Fourth, my second and third brothers are going to the front lines to accompany the emperor. Once we two leave, you will be the oldest prince in the palace. You must take good care of your younger brothers, okay?"

Seeing that the emperor did not let him go to the front line to accompany him, Yinzhen was a little disappointed. However, when he heard the task assigned to him by his second brother, he immediately cheered up and agreed seriously and solemnly.

"My brother knows!"

Yinreng patted Yinzhen's shoulder, then turned to the little kids,

"You must listen to Fourth Brother. If anyone dares to act naughty, be careful that Second Brother will come back and beat you up!"

"Our good-for-nothing second brother, when will you and the Emperor come back?"

This is Yinzhen.

Yinreng: "I will be back once the war is over. Don't worry, it will be quick."

Afterwards, Yinreng asked Yinzhi to explain the situation to Rongfei, while he himself went to visit the empress dowager.

After the two of them comforted their elders, they returned to their respective residences and packed a few clothes.

That afternoon, Yinreng and Yinzhi set off.

Yinzhi is fourteen years old this year, and his height is not very tall, but he has been practicing riding, archery and Buku for many years, so his body is very strong.

Before leaving, Yinreng asked Yinzhi if he could ride a horse. Yinzhi answered in the affirmative, so Yinreng followed his original plan and rode a horse first and then took a carriage to rush to the palace.

Guru Fuljan Gyaltsen's mountain palace is located in Chengde, only 300 kilometers away from Kyoto.

But it had rained heavily two days before, and the road was not easy to travel on. The army escorting Yinreng and Yinzhi had more than 200 people in total.

So even though Yinreng tried his best to speed up, it still took them two and a half days to reach the palace.