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Brief: This article covers Kangxi’s key governance achievements: Jin Fu and Chen Huang successfully tamed the Yellow River. It also tells of the Treaty of Nerchinsk with Russia and three major campaigns against Mongol leader Galdan. By stabilizing waterways and frontiers, Kangxi greatly expanded and secured the Qing Empire.
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Brief: This article narrates how the young Kangxi Emperor seized real power. At 14, he overthrew the arrogant regent Oboi using a clever wrestling trap. Later, he faced the massive revolt of the Three Feudatories led by Wu Sangui. After eight years of war, Kangxi defeated the rebels, strengthened central rule, and firmly stabilized…