The process was quite complicated, but for now, I'll just share the key points.
- Request Britain and its allies to ban opium from global trade, thereby delaying the Opium War.
- Seize Japan’s treaty ports, and in exchange for returning them, instigate a conflict between Japan and the Qing by encouraging them to declare rivalry—then immediately surrender.
- Sign a treaty with the Qing to sell them goods, including a special clause to be activated 5 years later.
- After the 5-year ceasefire ends, lift the opium ban.
- Hit the Qing all at once with: Forced regime change (25), Japan's humiliation (25), British market opening (25), and loss in the Opium War (25), stripping Beijing and multiple treaty ports in one go.
- Right before the end of the war with the Qing, declare war on Indonesia to intentionally break the special clause, triggering “Treaty Breach (25).”
- This drives the Qing’s total prestige down to “-125%”, dropping their prestige to zero.
- But that’s still not enough—so demand the enactment of “Local Police” in exchange for returning treaty ports. This enrages the Qing intellectuals, adding another prestige debuff (“Unrest –10”).
- Now Qing’s prestige is –135%.
- Remember the exact date when the treaty was breached. Since the game system has a 1-year protection period from demotion, 80 days before Qing's scheduled demotion, declare war on a pro-Qing Indonesian nation with all your troops deleted. This makes the Qing underestimate you and join the war on the opposing side.
- Call in Britain, conscript cavalry and line infantry in a 1:1 ratio, flood your generals, force Qing to split forces by launching naval invasions—and pray that Qing surrenders before they can recover prestige.
※ In Brazil’s case, make sure to pre-enact Oligarchy. The default law is Wealth Voting, but if you force regime change on the Qing, they’ll adopt that law instead, and the intellectuals love it.
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