Kangxi - Administration, Reforms, Dynasty

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The Kangxi emperor was an accomplished military leader who was endowed with exceptional physical strength and with skill in archery; he poured his inexhaustible energy into his daily administrative duties. Under the traditional imperial system of China, nothing in the empire was too small to come under the personal scrutiny of the emperor. Kangxi read all the reports and memorandums presented to him, meticulously correcting even the smallest scribal errors, and he often boasted that he routinely took care of all the documents, even in wartime, when 300–400 arrived daily. The Huang He (Yellow River) was one of the subjects ...(100 of 2751 words)

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