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We are the Manchu.

A brilliant Statesman by the name Hoogle Xi arrives in our capital.

He will replace the late Zilang as chief advisor to our glorious emperor, Jiaqing.



Zilangzhou shall become our new national focus.

All provinces will receive a boost - especially new colonies, which now will get approx.100 people per year.



And we start with Nerchinsky province - it has base tax of 4, which is highest from all lands available to us.



A war!

One that shall give us war taxes.



Copper ain't Gold, but it has a nice base price.

Later on, when artillery regiments show up, Copper's value increases dramatically.



We also get a new philosopher. Our Prestige will raise and stabilize around 60 points thanks to Fulu Ji.



But then our good luck runs out, and Giocangga falls ill!

The medicus who was in charge of the heir's healing fails in his duty, and is summarily executed.

The Manchus have no one to lead them in case of Jiaqing's death!



I believe there's some sort of faux pas involved in naming a child after oneself in Asian cultures, or maybe I'm wrong.

We do have a heir now - and Jiaqing Jr. is better than his father, too.



Our army reformer, Ganzhan Zhifang, has perished!

His heirs get to rule the former land of Nerchinsky.



Zhifang became a city, albeit natives died in an attack against our regiments passing through.

More importantly, Emperor Jiaqing has heard an interesting tale:



Korea is devoid of soldiers - their troops, locked in far-away Indochina, are unable to get home.

Knowing that soon he will die of old age, Jiaqing has severed ties with Korea, and sent troops southwards.



In 1449, suffering a hit to Stability, we invade Korea.

Jiaqing himself is leading the troop that shall siege capital city of Hanseong in Chungcheong province.

Dai Viet joins the war on Korea's side, and we hope they won't make much of a threat with 3 transports they have.



Our Emperor learns fast of Korea's attempt to raise military regiments.

Taking the cavalry we have, he bravely chases down Koreans and mows them down.



Palaces of Hanseong are occupied by 28th November; by 7th December, Jiaqing is already at Jeolla.

Meanwhile, Dai Viet forces fail to show up, either by land or by the sea.



Interesingly, Kingdom of Ayutthaya offers us alliance. We accept, and immediately draw them into the war.

They will either be mowed down by Dai Viet, or deal with Viet and Korean soldiers. Either conclusion is favorable to us in the long run.



Shortly after start of 1451, province of Gyongsang falls, and we occupy entirety of Korea.

We grab three out of seven provinces they have. Emperor Jiaqing has further plans for Korean peoples, but those won't be realized for next 10 years.

To deal with the Infamy we accrued, we hire a rank-3 Diplomat.



We continue to expand northwards into Siberia - now Saghalian Oula is our colony.

It has 1000 natives who are mostly docile, so we won't interrupt their growth. One day, they shall be Manchus, like us.



Saghalian Oula will produce Furs!

All we need to finish off 'what you can make in Siberia' list is just Iron.



It was inevitable that Koreans would rebel.

Jiaqing leads the army himself to eradicate the restless Koreans.



The glory that is Jiaqing's rule is reflected in good events bestowed upon us!

The other option is a trickle of prestige and Stability, which we already have maxed out, so of course we get military traditions' boost.



In this dispute at the court, Jiaqing graciously rules in favor of the foreigner.

After all, you can't have too much nepotism at home.



Saghalian Oula stops being a colony and becomes a city.

Colonies drain about 2 ducats yearly, so we should reconsider our colonization policies.

There are other venues of expansion, after all **cough*Korea*cough**



AWWW SHIT

I didn't plan for them to go this way this early!

I DIDN'T PLAN FOR THIS!!

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