The atmosphere in the mourning hall was so solemn that it was suffocating.
Tong Guogang's family members knelt on the ground in an orderly manner, and each of their faces was etched with deep sorrow.
Yinreng stepped forward, took the incense handed to him by the servant, and lit it on top of the spirit candle. Yinzhen followed suit.
After paying homage with a solemn expression, he went forward to comfort Tong Guogang's wife, and then took Yinzhen back to the palace.
It was still Orondei and Longkodo who led the way out of Tongjia.
The Tong family is very smart. They can neglect anyone but not the prince.
Otherwise, even if the Tong family was Kangxi's in-laws, Kangxi would not tolerate them.
It is easy to choose between a biological son and a son from another family.
Before getting on the car, Yinreng turned around to greet Longkodo and Orondei, and happened to see Longkodo staring at Yinzhen with resentment, and his brows suddenly frowned.
He looked at Longkodo deeply, then turned his head to look at Yinzhen, and seeing that he seemed unaware, he said nothing in the end.
As the carriage slowly moved forward, Yinreng asked in a low voice,
"Xiao Si, are you and Longkodo having a grudge?"
A look of surprise appeared on Yinzhen's face.
"How did Second Brother know?"
Yinreng sighed in his heart, it was indeed so.
"I just saw Longkodo staring at you, and his eyes weren't very friendly."
Yinzhen snorted softly.
"He's just a profit-seeking villain. I'm not afraid of him!"
Yinreng held his forehead with his hand. This kid has not entered the court yet and does not know the status of the Tong family in the court. If he knew and still dared to say so, he would respect this kid as a man.
"Tell me, what's going on?"
"This matter..."
Yinzhen was obviously a little embarrassed, and Yinreng didn't want to force him, so he just sighed and said,
"The Tong family is not something you can afford to offend for now. Stay away from Longkodo when you see him in the future. He is a scoundrel."
Yinzhen curled his lips and said indifferently,
"Could he possibly dare to hit a prince like me? Where does he get the courage from?"
Yinreng slapped Yinzhen on the back of the head.
"Who said he would hit you? He's a first-class imperial guard and a royal envoy. He's been with the Emperor much longer than you have. It would be so easy for him to give you a few slaps in the face in front of the Emperor!"
Yinzhen touched the place where he was hit. It didn't hurt, but the feeling was very strange.
He couldn't help but laugh.
"Got it. I'll stay away from him in the future."
Yinreng looked at him and laughed like a fool, feeling quite speechless.
In fact, in the original owner's memory, Yinzhen was very lively when he was a child. It was only when he was eight or nine years old that he found out that his biological mother and adoptive mother did not like him, and his personality became a little strange.
Yinreng was a little surprised that she had become lively again.
I don’t know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing.
It is said that before Kangxi went on the expedition, the Tong family sent their younger sisters into the palace, but Kangxi actually agreed.
Although Yinreng had experienced it twice, he still found it somewhat unbelievable.
Although the old man does not have to observe filial piety to his ancestors, the Tong family has to. What is the old man's plan that he took little Tong Jia into the palace regardless of the world's opinion?
Yinreng felt that both sides had completely lost face.
Time flies and it is October.
There was quite encouraging news coming from Khalkha Mongolia.
Kangxi captured Galdan alive and annihilated his 30,000 troops in one fell swoop.
When Galdan was fighting the Qing army in full swing, Galdan's nephew Tsewang Arabtan launched a coup, seized power, and became the new Khan of the Dzungar tribe.
This also ended Galdan's last chance of survival.
After learning that his uncle Galdan had been captured alive, Tsewang Arabtan was very sensible and immediately sent a letter of request for peace to Kangxi.
Kangxi temporarily handed over the recovered lost territories of Khalkha Mongolia to the remnants of Jasaktu Khan for management, and left behind 10,000 troops stationed there.
It took another half a month before Kangxi led the remaining 40,000 troops back in triumph.
Yinreng led the important officials of the court out of the city for ten miles to welcome him.
Kangxi vowed to take Galdan's head to his uncle's grave as a memorial, and he actually did it.
As soon as he returned to Beijing, he ordered his men to drag Galdan directly to the Tong family.
Then, in front of Tong Guogang's spirit tablet, Kangxi personally beheaded Galdan with a single blow.
The depression in my heart dissipated a lot.
Two days later, Kangxi issued an edict allowing Orondei to inherit the title of first-class duke, and at the same time promoted him to the commander-in-chief of the Han Army's Bordered Yellow Banner as a sign of favor.
This greatly disappointed all the nobles in the court.
The relationship between Orondei and Tong Guogang was so bad, but unexpectedly, Kangxi still gave the chair under his butt to Orondei.
Therefore, I don’t know how many people secretly cursed Kangxi for nepotism.
At this time, Orondei did not cause any trouble and stayed at home obediently to observe mourning.
This time, out of the 100,000 troops dispatched, they only brought back less than 40,000. Even if there were still 10,000 stationed in Khalkha Mongolia, the loss to the Qing army was incalculable.
For a time, white sails were hoisted everywhere in the capital.
Yinreng originally thought that Soetu's failure to go to the front line and follow Kangxi had changed the course of history a little bit, and the results of the war would be much better.
But I didn’t expect it to be even worse than my previous life.
Although Galdan was not captured alive in the previous life, the loss was only 30,000 soldiers. In this life, half of them were lost.
He really didn't know how to evaluate this war.
Although Galdan was very strong, all the troops he led only totaled 30,000.
To say he was weak was because he managed to kill half of the 100,000 troops led by Kangxi.
It was really just two weaklings fighting each other, and in the end the one that was more than twice as big won a "miserable victory".
Fifty thousand soldiers!
That’s 50,000 soldiers!
However, people in the court and the country were praising Kangxi's achievements for regaining such a large territory of Khalkha.
Yinreng felt so uncomfortable that he was about to explode.
Later, Yinreng repeatedly told himself to keep a calm mind, be Buddhist, and watch from the sidelines, so that he would not be so depressed that he could not eat.
After the war, in addition to rewarding soldiers according to their merits, providing compensation to the fallen soldiers became an important task.
Kangxi handed the matter over to the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War.
Yinreng still wanted to take a break, but Kangxi didn't give him the chance.
Just like in his previous life, after he had free hands, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Revenue were handed over to him, and he was allowed to participate in the management.
So Yinreng went to the Ministry of Revenue to study again with great difficulty.
No one dared to touch the pension money of the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia, but it was hard to say about that of the Han Army Banner.
This is also the area that Yinreng mainly focuses on.
It took until the end of the year to distribute all the pension money.
There were a few ignorant people in the Ministry of Revenue who wanted to make things difficult for him, so Yinreng went to Kangxi to complain.
He will use the old man's banner when necessary.
It was a great pleasure for him, a biological son, not to be favored by those corrupt officials.
And he doesn't have to worry about the old man looking down on him for his incompetence.
If the old man dislikes it.
That's fine.
He just doesn't have the ability.
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