Prince Yu had a hard time raising children, and the only two sons who survived over the years were Baotai and Baoshou. Baotai was six years old, and Baoshou was less than three. He usually felt pain in his eyes, and he was late today because Baoshou was feeling a little unwell again.

Prince Yu bowed and apologized, and Kangxi waved his hand to signal him to come forward and look at the map.

Prince Yu was completely confused. He came closer and Kangxi asked Yinreng to explain it to Prince Yu. Then Kangxi asked Prince Yu what he thought about it.

Prince Yu glanced at Yinreng, who was standing beside him and acting very obediently, and couldn't help but murmur in his heart.

He naturally knew that Galdan was a threat, but wasn't the timing wrong now?

It is not a wise choice to extend the battle line now.

Prince Yu spoke carefully.

"The Crown Prince is naturally aware of the crisis. Galdan has indeed advanced a lot of territory southward in recent years. If the Qing Dynasty wants to maintain stability, resisting foreign aggression is indeed indispensable. However, the Qing Dynasty is currently embroiled in continuous wars, and the treasury is empty. It is not enough to support the Qing Dynasty's military operations against the Dzungar tribe."

Prince Yu seemed to admire Yinreng, but also seemed a little embarrassed.

Seeing this, Kangxi nodded, and then looked at Soetu Mingzhu and others.

Suo Etu was the first to stand up and say,

"I believe that what His Royal Highness said is absolutely correct. The fact that Galdan was able to conquer so much territory in just ten years is sufficient proof of his ruthless ambitions. Your Majesty, we must be wary of him."

Yinreng raised his eyelids and looked at Soetu, who happened to look over at him and gave him a reassuring look.

Yinreng was speechless.

"This Suo Etu is clearly a brainless fan. He only blindly praises whatever I say. You should at least add some of your own opinions."

Kangxi was stunned. Brainless fans? What kind of fans are those?

At this time, Nalan Mingzhu stepped forward.

"I don't think Galdan will be able to march south this year. The Junggar tribe has only conquered such a large grassland territory in the past two years. The internal political situation of the grassland may not be stable. I suspect that even if he marches south, he will have to wait until he has completely consolidated his rule."

Although Nalan Mingzhu believed that Yinreng's views had some truth to them, he did not think that Galdan would dare to go south to attack the Qing Dynasty this year. Moreover, from the moment Yinreng was appointed crown prince, they were destined to stand on opposite sides. Overturning the other party's views was also a form of suppression.

Before the eldest prince grows up, he has to make the crown prince mediocre.

"If the Luosha hadn't attacked the Northeast, giving Galdan hope, Mingzhu wouldn't have been wrong. I'm afraid that in their previous lives, several people thought the same way, which is why they focused their attention on the Northeast border, allowing Galdan to take advantage of the opportunity."

Yinreng frowned, glanced at the faces of several ministers, and then his frown deepened.

Yu Guozhu was from the eldest prince's faction, so he naturally agreed with Mingzhu's words. Yisan'a, Shangshan, and Prince Gong remained neutral, while Zhang Yushu supported him and followed Soetu's lead.

Yinreng could see that if Soetu was not his great uncle and a sworn enemy of Nalan Mingzhu, he would probably have spoken out in support of Mingzhu's opinion.

Just as he was thinking about how to persuade Kangxi again, Kangxi's heart was already in turmoil.

From the first time he heard Yinreng's thoughts to now, in just one hour, Kangxi's heart has been in suspense.

He was afraid that Yinreng was possessed by some dirty thing.

Although he didn't want to think about it, his heart was still torn. If he was really sure that Yinreng had changed his soul, how should he deal with him? But he didn't expect that Yinreng was actually resurrected!

"Why not just forget it and let them suffer a little? Worrying about this and that every day is so tiring..."

It doesn't fit with his mentality of just giving up and lying down.

Before Kangxi could recover from the shock of Yinreng's resurrection, he heard that Yinreng was no longer going to persuade him and wanted to make him suffer.

Kangxi was furious!

This unfilial son!

Because he was afraid of getting tired, he actually planned to ignore innocent people!

He taught him with great effort for more than ten years, but all his knowledge went to waste!

Kangxi was so angry that he glared at Yinreng. Yinreng was stunned and confused.

"I think the prince's idea makes some sense."

Kangxi stepped forward and pointed to the border between the Khalkha and Junggar tribes on the map and said,

"There are still two tribes between the Qing Dynasty and the Junggar. It seems that there is no possibility of any conflict in the short term. However, if Galdan attacks Khalkha while the Khalkha Khan is completely unprepared, and there is no way to mobilize troops in a short period of time, Khalkha will be quickly captured. If Galdan is bolder and sends a small force straight to the border..."

Kangxi pointed to a section of the border between the Khalkha tribe and the Qing Dynasty and said in a deep voice,

"This place is only over 700 miles away from the capital!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Prince Yu, Soetu, Nalan Mingzhu, and the remaining ministers all frowned.

Only Yinreng was surprised.

"You have a pretty good nose, old man, but why didn't you deploy troops to defend against Khalkha in your previous life? Could it be that the negotiations didn't go through in the end?"

Yinreng thought to himself.

However, it is a good thing to make arrangements with Khalkha in advance, so as to avoid heavy casualties among the Khalkha Mongols. This will all be the territory of the Qing Dynasty in the future!

Prince Yu frowned and thought for a while, then asked uncertainly,

"Did the Emperor receive any news?"

Kangxi said,

"The battle in Yaxsa has reached its most critical moment. I'm afraid that King Luosha will use some tactics of besieging Wei to save Zhao, so I'm just taking precautions in advance."

"I wonder how the Emperor intends to guard against this?"

Prince Yu passed the ball to Kangxi again.

Kangxi pondered for a moment and said directly,

"Send a message to the Khalkha Khan, asking him to keep a close eye on Galdan's movements and to send more troops to the northwest border. If anything unexpected happens, the capital can respond promptly."

Yisan'a frowned, "Then according to Your Majesty, how many additional troops would be appropriate?"

"two……"

Kangxi opened his mouth and wanted to say 20,000, but when he caught a glimpse of the bitter face of the Minister of Revenue, he changed his tone and said,

"Then let's increase it by 5,000 first."

After saying this, the Minister of Revenue's expression became noticeably better.

Kangxi pricked up his ears, hoping to hear some opinions from Yinreng, but to his disappointment, Yinreng had no words to express this time.

Kangxi was worried and wanted to ask a few questions, but since he had already mentioned the specific number, it would be bad to go back on his word. The people standing here obviously did not agree with increasing the troops, and there was not even anyone to give him a way out. Kangxi felt a little frustrated.

So that's how it was settled.

Just as Kangxi was arranging several people to deploy troops and allocate food and military pay, Yinreng stood aside and began to daydream.

——'Why is Mingzhu so skinny? Doesn't his family have food to eat? That can't be right. Nalan is a big Manchu family. No one can be hungry, so the clan leader can't be hungry, right?'