Jianzhou

Primary culture

Jurchen (Evenki)

Capital province

Huncun (2108)

Government

Steppe Nomads

State religion

Tengri

Technology group

Nomad

Jurchen ideas

Notes:

For Haixi, Jianzhou, Yeren, Donghai and Udege.

Traditions:

+10% Morale of armies

+15% National manpower modifier

Sons of the Mountain

+1 Attrition for enemies

The Queue

−1 National unrest

+0.5 Yearly legitimacy

+0.5 Yearly horde unity

Foreign Service

+1 Land leader shock

The Borderlands

+20% Manpower recovery speed

Wives and Concubines

+50% Chance of new heir

Generosity of the Warlord

+25% Improve relations

Jurchen Banner Armies

+15% Possible Manchu banners

Ambition:

−10% Land attrition

Jianzhou is a Steppe Horde located in east Asia bordering Korea, Haixi, Yeren and Ming. It's also one of the 3 Manchurian hordes capable of forming Manchu and by extension Qing. Their starting ruler is from the Aisin Gioro clan, which historically united the Jurchen tribes and established the Chinese Qing Dynasty in 1644.

Decisions[edit]

In order be able to form Manchu, Jianzhou will need to complete this decision.

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Adopt Manchu Identity

With the three capitals of the ancient Jurchen tribes firmly in our hands, it is now time to proclaim our people's unification through the adoption of a new identity: Manchu.

Potential requirements

Manchu does not exist.
The country:

has Jurchen as primary culture.
was never an end-game tag.
has not enacted this decision before.

If the country is AI-controlled, then it:

can not be a custom nation.

Allow

The country:

is not a subject nation other than a tributary state.
is not at war.
owns its core provinces:
- Girin (730) and Huncun (2108).
owns 20 core provinces with Jurchen or Manchu culture.

Effects

If Girin (730) is part of the HRE, but the country is not a member then:

the province is removed from the HRE.
the Holy Roman Emperor:
- gets the opinion modifier “Removed provinces from the Empire” towards the country, worth −50 opinion with a yearly decay of 1.
- loses 1 imperial authority.

Girin (730):

becomes the capital of the country.

The country:

changes primary culture to Manchu.
changes ruler culture to Manchu.
if the country has an heir:
- changes heir culture to Manchu.
if the country has a consort of Jurchen culture:
- changes consort culture to Manchu.
all Jurchen provinces adopt Manchu culture.
all Jurchen countries adopt Manchu as their primary culture
changes to Manchu.
moves its capital to Girin (730).
gains cores on all not cored provinces in the Manchuria region.
gains 25 prestige.
gets new missions.

If Manchu:

is a duchy
- then it becomes a kingdom.
does not have custom ideas
- then it gets the event ‘New Traditions & Ambitions’.

Events[edit]

Main article: Manchurian events

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Nurhachi's Reforms

In 1584, the Khan Nurhaci managed to unite all the Tungusian tribes, the so-called Kin-Tungus, later known as Manchus. He also reformed government, administration and the judicial system with China as model. Nurhachi also invented the written Manchurian language.

Trigger conditions Either: Is Manchu Is Jianzhou Manchu does not exist Year is between 1584 and 1626	Mean time to happen 126 months
A Great Day for the Manchu Peoples Gain 5 army professionalism Gain 100 administrative power Gain 100 diplomatic power Gain 100 military power

Missions[edit]

Main article: Manchurian missions

Strategy[edit]

The below is one of many player suggested strategies for Jianzhou. Bear in mind, due to the dynamic nature of the game, it may unfold differently for other players.

Jianzhou has perhaps the strongest start of the three Jurchen tribes, as it has more starting development than its direct competitors, Haixi and Donghai. However, Jianzhou's expansion opportunities are also more limited than the other tribes, as Ming is unassailable in the early game, leaving only the other Jurchen tribes as potential targets. The Girin node is very poor and so it is generally not worth building Light Ships to Protect Trade in this node, though Privateering in Hanzong can be profitable until Jianzhou can reasonably control the Beijing node.

Jianzhou is a Tengri nation and is syncretic with Confucian at game start. Maintaining Confucian syncretism is recommended for the early game as nearly all territory nearby is either Tengri or Confucian already.

Starting out[edit]

Some patience may prove valuable for a player at the very beginning of the game. Haixi and Korea will be the player's rivals in nearly all Jianzhou starts. One of Udege or Donghai will often rival the player as well. This makes the list of potential allies quite short; in general, the strongest defensive option is Yeren. Korchin may be useful if the player intends to go to war with the intent of calling them in for territory, and then betraying them in the peace deal; once Haixi or Yeren lose territory, Korchin will nearly always select Jianzhou as its next rival anyways.

Build up Jianzhou's army to the force limit, with Cavalry if the treasury can afford it, then declare on Haixi.

In general, it is best to annex as much territory as possible. Even taking slightly over 100% Overextension is acceptable, because due to the Razing functionality for Steppe Hordes, the Development in razed provinces will drop and by doing so lower Overextension as well. Razing will often provide almost enough Administrative Points to core the newly razed province, and will often grant Diplomatic and Military Points as well. If the player fully annexed the target nation, at their option they may release them as a vassal, though this is not recommended for Haixi and Yeren due to these nations containing provinces needed to form Manchu.

Uniting the Jurchen Tribes[edit]

After destroying or severely reducing one of Jianzhou's neighboring tribes, Korchin will likely rival the player, so the player may choose to wait to see if Korchin and the remaining Jurchen tribe go to war, while consolidating their new gains. If Jianzhou fully annexed Yeren, Buryatia is an excellent new target if available due to their gold mine.

Korea or Ming should generally be left for after forming Manchu, unless Korea is caught without any alliances whatsoever. AI nations should no longer ally if they could be called into an ongoing war, so the player should now be safe from Korea reallying with Ming, or anyone else, while the war is in progress. If Ming decides to issue a warning to Jianzhou, be aware that they will only be called in if the Jianzhou player attacks a nation that also borders Ming, so Yeren or Buryatia may still be safely attacked (unless national borders have changed drastically).

Once two nations in the area have been annexed by the player, the remaining two nations will be easy targets for the strong Jianzhou army as they will always have rivaled each other. The player should carefully check alliances before declaring war, however, as an unexpected alliance with Oirat or Korea can make the war unexpectedly brutal.

Once the local area has been annexed, generally up to Mongolia in the west and Ming/ Korea in the south, the player can choose to form Manchu. Now that the state religion of Manchu remains Tengri, there are no longer any downsides to taking this decision.