That's one seriously huge Guanxi Clique! Is it still referred to as Guanxi Clique ingame or did you mod it to change the name to China? (sorry if this has already been asked, I'm too lazy to check myself 
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Ah, very good! China is finally preparing to throw off the shackles of imperialism!! (Foreign imperialism, of course. Chinese imperialism is good for the people! )
By the way, how does Li Jichen plan to integrate his Japanese subjects into the united east asian empire? As the Son of Heaven, he is already emperor of all Han, Manchu and other Chinese peoples, and will soon also be emperor of all Mongols. But what of the Japanese? Surely, the scholars will soon discover that he is also a descendant of Amaterasu, the ancient Japanese sun-god, right? Then he can finally also assume the Chrysanthemum Throne. I'm sure there is a Japanese princess somewhere in his ancestry!
You know the Japanese want it. They yearn to be acknowledged as good subjects by their legitimate emperor! AND YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT, TOO!!!
It is good and proper that you consolidate the Chinese Empire, and fuse the science and technology of conquered Japan with the vigor and unlimited determination of China. But you must not stop at the borders of the old Qing empire - You must unite the great thrones of Asia! Lead the Asian peoples towards their destiny and make this twentieth century the truly Asian century!! Join them, and together they shall rule the world!!
MUAHAHAHAHA!! Dragon and Chrysanthemum all the way!!
)By the way, how does Li Jichen plan to integrate his Japanese subjects into the united east asian empire? As the Son of Heaven, he is already emperor of all Han, Manchu and other Chinese peoples, and will soon also be emperor of all Mongols. But what of the Japanese? Surely, the scholars will soon discover that he is also a descendant of Amaterasu, the ancient Japanese sun-god, right? Then he can finally also assume the Chrysanthemum Throne. I'm sure there is a Japanese princess somewhere in his ancestry!
You know the Japanese want it. They yearn to be acknowledged as good subjects by their legitimate emperor! AND YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT, TOO!!!
It is good and proper that you consolidate the Chinese Empire, and fuse the science and technology of conquered Japan with the vigor and unlimited determination of China. But you must not stop at the borders of the old Qing empire - You must unite the great thrones of Asia! Lead the Asian peoples towards their destiny and make this twentieth century the truly Asian century!! Join them, and together they shall rule the world!!
MUAHAHAHAHA!! Dragon and Chrysanthemum all the way!!
the first link doesn't work, but I'll look into the rest of it
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Li Jishen wandered the gardens of his palace, which contained varieties of plants from all corners of the Chinese Empire and sphere of influence. Pausing underneath a cherry blossom tree from Mount Fuji, Li Jishen smirked. The Japanese had had great plans for some sort of empire and an even larger sphere of influence in Asia and the Pacific. How ironic then, that their first victims would be their conquerors and begin to live out their dream?
Not that it prevented the Japanese from still dreaming. They had finally recovered enough from their great defeat to stage a revolt in Nagoya. Factory workers, peasants and old soldiers and officers of the Japanese army uncovered their long hidden caches of arms and took to the streets, aware that there was no Chinese military presence in Japan. They no doubt planned to liberate all of Japan, but their ringleaders fell out with each other and the poor revolutionary militia failed to accomplish anything other than the temporary ruin of Nagoya’s industries before General Golpurchin sailed into Osaka harbor and marched to easily crush the rebellion. Li Jishen smiled, from then on there would be a full army dedicated to garrisoning Japan.
The minor Japanese rebellion failed to extend their hold on Japan before Golpurchin arrived and crushed them.
Li Jishen was also pleased with the organization of the Chinese army. In addition to the forty-five divisions of the border armies and the nine divisions of the Japanese Garrison Army, Li Jishen had created five Interior Armies of nine divisions each, creating a force of the same size as the Border Armies and served essentially as the strategic reserve. Two armies were under Long Yun’s control, and the remainder under Generals Gui Zezhun, Pang Bingxun and Xue Yue, respectively. At the moment they were deployed in a rough circle around Guilin, but soon they would be entrained and each sent behind each of the Border Armies.
The five Armies of the Interior.
Modernization was, unfortunately, finally slowing down. The Academia Sinica was finally on its own, researching and developing things not found during the conquest of Japan. The National Naval Academy was still working from Japanese papers, and would be for a long time still, but the quality of the researchers in the academy was so low that their progress went only slowly anyway. The National Shipyards at Guangzhou had begun working on their last light cruiser prototype for which they could draw ideas from similar Japanese ships.
The rate of modernization had reached its peak and was slowing down.
Li Jishen continued walking, thinking as he strolled. He had ordered that Wang JingWei cease attempting to woo the governments of Mongolia and Great Britain, for it was of no use. London felt only the most profound happiness in their relations with the Chinese Empire, but refused to surrender Hong Kong. Li Jishen was certain that Mongolia would be no less stubborn. He would have to wait, complete the reorganization and build-up of his army and perhaps navy, and then go to war for what he wanted. Li Jishen smiled. Soon.
Cores definitely need expanding
http://home.olemiss.edu/~gg/hstrymap/16441840.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/800px-Qing.PNG/400px-800px-Qing.PNG
http://www.netwish.net/junshi/map/ldjxt43.jpg
Notice the borders stretch further north in Manchuria and further west in Xinjiang, up to Lake Balkash. And further south on British India with Fort Hertz, Ledo, Dimapur, Riang.
Ah well you'll annex everyone anyway.....
http://home.olemiss.edu/~gg/hstrymap/16441840.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/800px-Qing.PNG/400px-800px-Qing.PNG
http://www.netwish.net/junshi/map/ldjxt43.jpg
Notice the borders stretch further north in Manchuria and further west in Xinjiang, up to Lake Balkash. And further south on British India with Fort Hertz, Ledo, Dimapur, Riang.
Ah well you'll annex everyone anyway.....
As I recall, wasn't the mandate "All Under Heaven" or some such phrase?ptan54 said:
*Pleads on his bare knees in front of the mighty Stylnan*
Btw, I have read the chinese map and I agree! Imperial China's cores MUST be expanded.
As for military planning I advise conquering Soviet Asia a while after Barbarossa started, then go for Persia and Afghanistan, giving you routes to the Middle East... (mmm, oil)
Btw, I have read the chinese map and I agree! Imperial China's cores MUST be expanded.
As for military planning I advise conquering Soviet Asia a while after Barbarossa started, then go for Persia and Afghanistan, giving you routes to the Middle East... (mmm, oil)
I say you write an event, describing a "second" voyage of Zheng He. Use it as an excuse to invade South and Central America.
Li Jishen sat at his desk, examining a map of China and neighboring territories. Casually reading a book of China’s history, he had understood that China had also held territories to the west that it had not yet actually laid claim to yet. He wondered if the scholars had missed some important documents during their study; he had, after all, slightly hurried them by waiting in their library. He resolved to take the matter up with them soon.
China was almost to the point where, in its chosen fields, it had completed modernization and was at the level of the great European powers. Because of this, progress has slowed down. In the past three months, from February to this first of May, only the National Shipyards at Guangzhou had completed a contract, finishing the last cruiser for which they could use a Japanese ship as a model and began designing an improved prototype of their battlecruiser.
The National Shipyards are still working hard.
Li Jishen had spent the past three months touring Annam and Siam, checking up on their militaries. Annam had trained and equipped five infantry divisions since its creation, and if it continued such progress Li Jishen knew that he would expand the role of Annam’s armed forces beyond here guard duty within their own borders but even use them in actual theaters of war, garrisoning the rear areas if not even further and on the frontlines themselves.
Annam and its five infantry divisions.
Siam had a much larger military than Annam, which wasn’t surprising as it had been in existence as an independent or semi-independent kingdom for much longer. Also, Li Jishen had taken care not to destroy any Siamese divisions, save for that garrison division in Bangkok which simply required destroying. The Siamese military thus broke down as two regional militia divisions, four mountaineer divisions and eleven infantry divisions. Li Jishen had also sent Fu Zuoyi and his corps south to Singora, where he had landed so successfully during the short Sino-Siamese War, in preparations for certain operations, if necessary.
Siam and its strong military,
China was almost to the point where, in its chosen fields, it had completed modernization and was at the level of the great European powers. Because of this, progress has slowed down. In the past three months, from February to this first of May, only the National Shipyards at Guangzhou had completed a contract, finishing the last cruiser for which they could use a Japanese ship as a model and began designing an improved prototype of their battlecruiser.
The National Shipyards are still working hard.
Li Jishen had spent the past three months touring Annam and Siam, checking up on their militaries. Annam had trained and equipped five infantry divisions since its creation, and if it continued such progress Li Jishen knew that he would expand the role of Annam’s armed forces beyond here guard duty within their own borders but even use them in actual theaters of war, garrisoning the rear areas if not even further and on the frontlines themselves.
Annam and its five infantry divisions.
Siam had a much larger military than Annam, which wasn’t surprising as it had been in existence as an independent or semi-independent kingdom for much longer. Also, Li Jishen had taken care not to destroy any Siamese divisions, save for that garrison division in Bangkok which simply required destroying. The Siamese military thus broke down as two regional militia divisions, four mountaineer divisions and eleven infantry divisions. Li Jishen had also sent Fu Zuoyi and his corps south to Singora, where he had landed so successfully during the short Sino-Siamese War, in preparations for certain operations, if necessary.
Siam and its strong military,
RedFoxBandit said:
I. beg. to. differ.
Still, this is some pretty fine work, right he-ya.
I'm just sad for the entire frickin' billion virtual little boys gettin' born into a generation only named either Aiguo or Jishen.
EDIT: Oh, right - parents try not to name Chinese kids after famous people: make that only named Aiguo.
stnylan said:
天下。 [Tianxia] Ｂｕｔ ｔｒａｄｉｔｉｏｎａｌｌｙ ｏｎｌｙ Ｃｈｉｎａ ｃｏｕｎｔｅｄ ａｎｙｗａｙ． Ｔｈｅｙ ｄｉｄｎ＇ｔ ｓｅｅ ａ ｎｅｅｄ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ ｒｅｓｔ ｏｆ Ｂａｒｂａｒｉａ． ：)