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Dev Diary 174: Chinese Mechanics
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>1066 Song map
Celestial Government
>appointment by merit/rank, unaffected by Influence spent
>prefectures (counties), provinces (duchies), and circuits (kingdoms)
Imperial Ministry
>Imperial Ministers are landless "empire" rank, and use some interactions instead of the Emperor
>can influence the state, such as Great Projects, and receive a salary through Treasury
>Grand Chancellor/Prime Minister, at the top of Diarchy Regents
>Imperial Censorate can challenge illegal and immoral bureaucrats
>regular ministers: Personnel, Revenue, Rites, War, Justice, Works
>Favored Minister status can give more benefits
Circuits
>civilian - no men-at-armsl; military - title MAA; a civilian will have to ask a military governor, via Minister of War, for help if there is an uprising
Career
>civilian governorship works towards Grand Chancellor
>military path up to Minister of War
>examination activities required to gain merit; Children's Exam->Provincial->Metropolitan->Palace Exam
>study at university or find a wise elder to pass, else bend the rules or cheat
Family Estate
>cannot guarantee high merit, but can set up better learning
>domicile has associated buildings from ranks achieved, such as Minister positions
Treasury
>money go up, then out or back down
>spent on government tasks, but not Estate buildings, activities, personal MAA, schemes, court positions
>retained by title, not family
Mandate of Heaven
>Huangdi specific Legitimacy
Dynastic Circle
>unending struggle that affects laws, circuit types, interactions, Great Projects, Casus Belli, MAA limits, Army Command structure, etc
>details and example modifiers in the picture
>Chaos is the dissolution of the Hegemony of China; can unify with 75% of China, choosing a dynasty name and Wuxing element color