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With the Blessings of Heaven
An Interactive AAR

Approved by Qorten on 10/20/12

Welcome to AARland's newest interactive AAR With the Blessings of Heaven. Set within the Kaiserreich universe in the Qing Empire; players take part in the government of one of the world's oldest nations and guide the Qing to prosperity and greatness. Surrounded by the hungry nations of Asia and rebellious splinter-states the Qing start out assaulted by troubles, the prospect of reform, and with an unstable government; and it will be the job of you, the players, to shepard the Chinese people through the troubling times ahead. Have fun and don't set anything on fire.

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Chinese Parliamentary Rules of Order (Rules of the AAR)

The Golden Rule: Civility


"Members of the Imperial Assembly should always conduct themselves in a manner becoming representatives of the nation."
Also be aware that running for office and taking office means that you accept the risk that you may be removed from office. Coups and uprisings are central game mechanics for this AAR, so your removal may be violent. It may even involve a personal betrayal. I am asking you all, as players, to rise above this. If you don't or can't, don't participate in this AAR. I won't tolerate the Golden Rule being broken and I won't hesitate to call in the mods.

Chapter 1: Membership of the Assembly (Characters)​


"Members of the Imperial Assembly are the people's voice; and carry out the Will of Heaven"

If you've participated in or read other IAARs, such as Tukhachevsky's Army and the Politburo, you already know the basic structure of character creation. Creating a character is vital to playing in With the Blessings of Heaven because we use the player-candidate model. Players themselves must create characters and step up to take office. Your characters represent members of the Qing legistlature and other influential persons who could convince their allies to vote the right way.

To create a character, simply state vital information like their name, date of birth, and the region they're representing in your first post. A Background is also appreciated.

Example:

Name: Wang Jingwei, Representative for Guangdong
Born: 1883
Party: Kuomintang
Background: Born to a well-to-do nationalist family in Guangzhou, Wang served with distinction during the Chinese Civil War and the subsequent German Intervention in China. His family's close connections with the monarchist power broker Kang Yuowei ensured him a seat in the legislature after he gained war-hero status. Wang remains radically pro-military and committed to the reconquest of the entire Great Qing.

Please do bold your name and position, as above, and when you speak OOC use the double parens ((Like this)).

Chapter 2: Elections​


"The Prime Minister is selected according to the manifested Will of Heaven"

As in other parliamentary systems such as the German and Japanese empires, the PM is theoretically appointed at the pleasure of the Monarch; but practically-speaking is appointed according to the majority party in government. You elect the parties. You are also the party candidates.

All votes must be bolded.

Democracy:

At certain points in the electoral cycle, I will prompt candidates to run for the nomination of their respective parties. After I've collected these announcements, you will vote for your favored candidate in a primary election. You can only vote in one party's primary.

Example:

Kuomintang: Wang Jingwei

The amount of time you have to vote will be stated before the election. When that time elapses, party candidates for the presidency will have been chosen. I will then ask these candidates for their platforms, which I will post, and then the presidential election will begin. You vote for the candidate, and the candidate who receives the most votes will become president. You vote just by naming your favored candidate.

Example:

Wang Jingwei

Junta:

If the government is currently a military dictatorship (more on that in a minute), then Junta voting is in effect. There are no primaries in Junta voting, just announcement from candidates, platforms, and then the presidential election itself. In Junta voting, all players can still vote -- it's just that some people's votes count more than others. In a Junta, general's votes count as 1+# of brigades controlled and admirals are 1+# of capital ships controlled. Everyone else's is just 1 vote.

A pro-democracy candidate can restore the democracy from a Junta, in which case normal democratic elections proceed next cycle.

Chapter 3: The Executive (Powers of the Prime Minister, the Military, and Coups)​


"The Emperor, Son of Heaven, is the commander in chief of the Chinese Military."

The Prime Minister

When the Prime Minister of China is elected, his platform will be enacted (within the limits of the game). In addition to the standard content of a platform, standard issues, foreign policy, and so forth, the PM will critically appoint the generals of the Chinese military. Every army in China must have a general or it cannot exist, and only player-characters can be appointed as Generals. Generals are appointed from characters, so appointing new generals is a good way to reward your supporters. As president you need to consolidate your support in the military, but be aware that generals will have an opportunity to commit a coup before your changes to the generalty take effect. The Prime Minister can only personally serve as the general of the capital stack.

The Prime Minister may also appoint up to five ministers: the Minister of the Interior, the Minister of Armaments, the Minister of State, the Minister of War, and one Minister of the Prime Minister's choosing; all of whom are approved then by the Emperor. Ministers grant in-game nationwide bonuses but, as generals, can potentially launch a coup against the government. The more ministers back one side of the coup or the other, the more of the mobilization and the capital stack will back that side. The capital stack is always the last to desert the status quo government. Unlike generals, each individual minister does not have specific control over a certain segment of the mobilization.

The Prime Minister will declare who controls how many brigades and give the army a general assignment.

Example:

Wang Jingwei - 3 infantry brigades - Mongolian border

At this point, the character selected will be modded into the game as a general and put in charge of the appropriate brigades in the appropriate location.

The Prime Minister may reserve up to 5 (this number will change with supply limits) brigades as the "capital stack." This is essentially a protection against coups. The capital stack always supports the status quo regime. The Capital stack will stay in the capital and in the event the capital is attacked, the Prime Minister will personally serve as the commanding general of the stack. However, the stack cannot be used offensively and will defend only the capital, so it obviously negatively effects the country's military response ability.

Example:

Myself - 5 Infantry - Capital Stack (Beijing)

Note that while anyone can propose a new bill (including myself, you will occasionally get proposals from "the Forbidden City", meaning me), the Prime Ministers are particularly important and will be given priority attention.

Coups, Rebellions, and the Military

Any general can declare a coup, further declaring who will be installed as Prime Minister (or even Emperor) if the coup is successful. At this time a sort of mini-election will be conducted in which every general will either declared himself for or against the coup. Any general not voting will be assumed to be neutral in the coup and their troops will not take part. I'll enact the coup in game.

While coups can theoretically be declared at any time, I believe that the most common coup should and will be the election night coup. In an election night coup, the coup is declared during or just after the election. If the coup is declared before the state of the union, the new prime minister's policies will not have taken effect if the coup is successful. A successful coup transitions the government to a Military Junta (unless the newly installed PM declares a democracy as part of his policies, in which case the next election will be in the democratic cycle and style). You cannot have an immediate counter-coup.

A coup will be successful in game if the capital is occupied by the couping forces. I'm not waiting a year. Standing loyalist forces, excepting those mobilized, will become rebel forces. Mobilized forces are always loyalist, and troops will always follow their commanding general unless they have a rebel affiliation. If they have a rebel affiliation, they may not... but no one will know until its too late.

In the event of a rebel uprising, generals will similarly declare their side.

There is a risk to an unsuccessful coup. Players who back the wrong side in a coup, including the President if he is removed from power, cannot vote in the next electoral cycle as they have backed the wrong side. If a Junta declares a coup against itself (because they have lost the election even though all or most of the generals voted for a losing candidate), they run the risk of triggering an uprising.

Chapter 4: Electoral Cycles​


"The Prime Minister of China serves a four-year term."

Each electoral cycle is four years. In democracy and Junta they proceed as follows:

Here's a summary of how these electoral cycles work:

During a Democracy, the update cycle goes U1 (State of the Union) -> Candidates declare -> U2 (Primary) - > Primary vote on party candidates -> U3 (Election) -> Election vote -> U4 (Declaration of Victor) -> General appointments/policy introductions/coups declared -> U1 again

People participating an ongoing coup or rebellion wouldn't be allowed to vote. Any character who controls troops can declare a coup immediately post-election, before the new executive's policies take effect. Coups must declare who they intend to install as leader, it need not be the person who started the coup.

Players who backed the losing side of a coup, regardless of how it turned out, can't vote in the next election cycle. This makes Coups risky. If a coup or rebellion lasts more than an electoral cycle, currently rebelling generals also can't vote.

If a coup is successful, the government transitions to Junta. In a Junta, the electoral cycle does not occur. Instead, the cycle progresses U1 (State of the Union) -> candidates declare -> U2 (Election) -> Election Vote -> U3 (Declaration of Victor) -> General appointments/policy introductions -> U1 again

Chapter 5: Miscellaneous​


"The government shall be responsible for delivering the mail..."

No campaigning outside this thread, and I hold the final say on party creation. Initial parties are the KMT (Paternal Autocrat), Progressive Party (National Populist), and the Chinese Youth Party (Authoritarian Democrat).

Decisions on event chains and specific events will be decided by me; after talking with the players who form the PM and cabinet. Really big events and happenings will be published via "newspaper" with you all given 24 hours to vote on which decision to take.

Updates will cover anywhere from six months to four years; with the adjustments made depending on how much happens. In one of my test-games, I've gone a decade without a single interesting thing happening. No, seriously. And then Japan declares war and it all goes to hell.

I also reserve right of veto.

 
保留的

Note that the Qing are a fair bit less autocratic than is canon, to adapt to an IAAR format.
 
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Parliament in a absolute monarchy?Well Good luck,this AAR is one of the most promissing I ever seen :)
 
Name: Qian Yu, Representative for Zheijiang
Born: 1891
Party: Kuomintang
Background: Born in an old landowning family in Zheijiang, Qian Yu followed the steps of his ancestors and joined the Qing army. Being a staunch monarchist, Qian Yu fought for Qing in Nanjing in 1911, under the banners of a loyalist general Zhang Xun. However, after the establishment of the Republic, being a relative of President Yuang Shikai, Qian became an officer of his personal escort. He did not hide his views, though, refusing to cut his queue, as a symbol of his loyalty to the Qing.

While serving as a Kuomintang officer, Yu became an agent of Emperor Puyi and his advisors, duly informing them about all important political events in the country. However, during the National Protection War, when Yuan Shikai tried to proclaim himself Emperor, Qian Yu served in his army and supported his cause. Some people said that he hoped that Yuan might unify China and return it to the traditional values - if only as a caretaker. The others claim that he was acting in accordance wit the orders of his secret patrons, the Qing advisors.

Later Qian Yui served in the Constitutional Protection Army and participated in many expeditions against various rebelling warlords. He acquired many useful connections in the ruling Kuomintang circles. Very soon he started cooperating the monarchist leader Kang Youwei. By 1920 he became the chief of military secretariat to a Kuomintang bigwig Xu Chichang. It is said that Qian Yui was a liason between the future Chinese Premier and Youwei, helping the latter to persuade Chichang endorse the Imperial course. One of the many junior architects of the Qing restoration, he participated in the delegation sent to Pu Yi's retreat in Tientsin. After holding various administrative offices for some time, he became the Kuomintang representative for Zheijiang.

Qian Yui is a supporter of a traditional Chinese society based on Confucian values. He believes that the Emperor, ruling by the Mandate of Heaven, should be as powerful as possible. He wants China to become a truly independent state, with a strong army and a developed administrative apparatus, active foreign policy and a state-monitored economy.

((Ab Ovo, I will be the first to dare... Hope it is OK))
 
Name: Ling Da, Representative for Shangdong
Born: January 1st 1875
Party: Kuomintang
Background: Born in a Chinese Officer's family, Ling Da was a member of the very small middle class in China at the time. He attended Whampao Military School and graduated with a Lieutenant's commission. Ling served in the first Sino-Japanese war under General Yuan Shi-Kai and played part in many key battles. He was decorated with a medal and promoted to Colonel because of this. He then got involved into politics and became the Military attache to Russia. During the 1911 Uprisings, he and some other leading figures in the government convinced the viceroy of Shandong to declare independence from the Qing Empire, to gain power in the new goverment. He served as Secretary to the Assistant Minister of War during the provisional government and proceeded to become the Kuomintang Representative of his home province of Shandong.

Ling Da is a strong supporter of Absolute Monarchy and is a traditional Confucian. Ling supports the Emperor, as the son of heaven. He wants China to be a independent state, without any corruption, with a powerful army, a organized government, a powerful player in world politics and with a Laissez Faire Economy. He is also radically pro-military and wants to recreated the Yuan Empire (Mongolian Empire).
 
Name: Shan Yaoting: Representative for Guangdong
Born: June 9th, 1904
Party: Chinese Youth Party
Background: Born to a Merchant's Family, Shan Yaoting grew up from a young age within a social circle of older, mature Merchants and Landowners who discussed Business and economics. Shan however, never gained the knack for such things as his Brothers had. Instead, he remained in his books of great heroes and warriors who strove to protect China and her culture. Due to his age, he believed many of these fantasy tales of heroism and adventure to be true, and it left a long-lasting impression upon the boy. As he grew up, he was educated in how to run a business and how to survive in a Free Market Economy while remaining part of the 'Nobility'. Shan's Father, while kind and loving, was a strict man and demanded young Shan to be part of the Yaoting family ideal. This led Shan to go even farther away from his Family ideals and Economic beliefs. Due to Shan's upcoming and early resistance to his Father and Mercantilism, many rumors have been sprung questioning Shan's loyalties to Qing ideals and leanings towards Syndicalism; none of said rumors have been proven true and Shan remains quiet on the matter, simply calling them 'Radicals attempting to ruin my already ill reputation'.

OOC Note: Ab I keep sending you friend requests on Steam, accept them. I need to talk to you ASAP.
 
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Name: Shang Tsung: Representative for Beijing
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Born: 1900
Party: Chinese Youth Party
Background: Tsung is the latest in a long line of similarly named men, going back for a VERY long time. This, in addition to his families' supposed connection with sorcery and the dark arts have led some to believe that all the Shang Tsung's are in fact the same people. Rumors aside, Tsung is making his political and public debut as a representative. He is backed by his now reclusive father's business and political interests. His father was known to have been one of the more able members of the military staff during the civil war, in addition to being a major contributor of funds for the side of the emperor. Although it had gone dark during the Republic, with reestablishment of the monarchy, the Shang family is out to make its power felt. This newest Shang Tsung is known to have been educated by the best tutors in government, business, and military strategy and tactics. Although untested, those select few that know Shang Tsun have all seen him to be a man of great promise.
(( If i cant be from Beijing, could I please be provided with a list of available provinves? Im making this profle from my phone, so I dont really remember and have no way of knowing or checking on any of the Qing provinces. Thanks in advance))
 
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Cool! Good luck! :D
 
Assuming the Mandate of Heaven; 1914-1936​


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Hsu Shih-chang, Prime Minister of the Great Qing
The Chinese Civil War was, to put it mildly, a complicated time. After the Xinhai Revolution and the dramatic fall of the Qing China almost immediately fractured into warlord fiefs and pseudo-legitimate government warring for control. The Beiyang government formed from Yuan Shikai's modernised army of that same name managed to act as a unifying influence for a handful of years before her collapse. Serving under Yuan (who briefly declared himself Emperor of China under the era name Hongxian from 1915-18), the noted diplomat Hsu Shih-chang was elected as President of Beiyang China in 1918 due to the machinations of the Anhui clique. Under his administration he managed to keep most of China neutral during the Weltkrieg and reconcile himself with Sun Yat-Sen's rival Constitutional Protection government. A ceasefire was declared in Shanghai and intellectuals were given greater freedom. This lasted until news from Europe arrived. It was soon revealed that the President's warlord backer had promised German holdings in Shandong to Japan, which had been unveiled by the Germans as the war was going better for them. Large student protests, known as the May Fourth Movement, led to Hsu cracking down with mass arrests.

Consequently the shaky alliance between the Zhili and Anhui cliques collapsed with Duan (leader of the pro-Hsu Anhui clique) decisively defeated, leading to another long period of warlordism and strife. Conflict with the KMT south flared again in 1920 as the Weltkrieg wound down; this on the heels of the President having failed to retake Mongolia. Influential warlord Cao Kun, who never liked Hsu, pressured him out of office on June, 2 1922 and restored Li Yuanhong; Hsu's more openly-monarchist predecessor who was one the driving forces behind the Manchu Restoration of 1917. Yuanhong's presidency was just as large a failure and the situation in China only worsened with time. Hsu swiftly made contact with German advisors to the KMT and has Sun Yat-sen warily agree to let him in; joining the monarchist wing of the party in hopes of currying the favour of the Germans. It worked, for upon the unexpected death of Sun, and the subsequent vacancy, Hsu Shih-chang was unexpectedly elected Chairman of the KMT and began a ruthless purge of those he could not rely on.

After having purged the Kuomintang, Chairman Hsu issued A Call to the Mighty German Empire, in which he described the situation of complete anarchy of China and begged the Germans for their intervention to restore order. Simultaneously a delegation was also sent to Pu Yi's retreat in Tientsin to ask him to retake the throne. The rival, purist KMT in the North declared that the southerbKuomintang had betrayed the Republican cause and Fengtien warlord and semi-monarchist Feng Yuxiang invaded the Kuomintang-controlled zone, after securing alliances with the other northern warlords. The war was quickly "won" thanks to German help, and Hsu could officially, at least in part, restore the Qing Empire; being of course named as the Prime Minister. With German help, Hsu expected to make great reforms in order to reinforce the country on an European model, but the political difficulties and the subsequent clique-ish military revolts proved the failure of his this project and deeply embittered him. In December of 1935 this finally boiled over as the old Prime Minister attempted, with the support of some guards and the German advisor Otto Ciliax, to launch a palace coup and enact his reforms.

The coup quickly went sideways and most of the conspirators save Ciliax were arrested as the PM was immediately dismissed. However they did succeed in forcing the Emperor (whose head was briefly at gunpoint) to sign the Imperial Rescript on Education; irrevocably creating a semi-Bonapartist legislature and binding himself in a fashion after the German Emperor. Approval was expressed in Berlin and guns in the German concessions suddenly pointed towards the Qing lest any second thoughts were had. Now in this fragile democracy there was desperate need of a new Prime Minister, and the Emperor dreaded who might end up presenting themselves for approval...


Player actions required:
Declare candidacies like so:

Wang Jingwei
Kuomintang

...and let the games begin!
 
-Open Letter to the People of Qing and thier Representatives-
A new age has dawned on China and on the Qing. Everywhere, we are surrounded by enemies, and internal strife threatens not only our lives but even he with the Heavenly Mandate, the Emperor. Citizens and fellow representatives, hear me! Now is not the time for idleness or insistance on the status quo. No, now is the time for action! We must first strengthen our own territory, so that we may then be able to deal appropriatly with our enemies and to also restore our empire to its proper glory. For this to come about, there must be a fundemental change in the very spirit of the Quing. We must be rejuvinated! We must become young again, so that we can feel that surge of energy and promise that comes with youth. Therefore, I call one and all to unite behind the Chinese Youth Party, the party of the future, the party of strength, the one TRUE party of China's hopes and dreams.
-Shang Tsung of Beijing, Chinese Youth Party
 
Name: Chao Chin Pak Representative of Nantong
Born: 1898
Party: Kuomintang
Background: Born to a minor aristocratic family in Southern China, Chao Chin Pak was recognized early for academic brilliance and was sent to Europe for education. He earned degrees in business and economics at the University of Munich and moved back to China to start his own shipping company, Sino General Shipping. He was only twenty-four during the civil war but managed to make a fortune selling weapons to both sides. He then established himself as the first choice for German businessmen looking to move goods into China, and has built a strong relationship with the AOG. He is believed to be connected with the triads in the Legation Cities and has been charged in the past with smuggling, human trafficking, and tax fraud, but none of the charges ever stick. He has also used union busting tactics and pays his workers extremely poorly. Despite his shady connections and ruthless business attitude, he has founded a number of schools and libraries throughout the Qing Empire. He believes so called "paternalistic capitalism" is the key to the empire's future, along with a general educational system. He has built up a political machine in Nantong to ensure his election for the foreseeable future.
 
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Name: Li Qiang, Representative of Fujian
Born: 1899
Party: Chinese Youth Party
Background: Born to a family of prominent merchants, the only things he valued growing up was more and more silver taels. Fortunately he found it in selling all manner of goods to the growing numbers of Germans flooding back into Southern China. Young and radical, he firmly believes that it is the time of the Young Guard to step up and rule without the bad memories and prejudices of the old men in parliament.

He favors free market policies with limited government intervention. While supporting the monarchy, he believes that a strong legislature is necessary to curb its worst excesses. While being a lukewarm monarchist, he is an ardent nationalist, supporting measures ensuring China's development into a strong and independent member of the world, possessing a noteworthy military, reducing economic inequities as well as social development well into the countryside.
 
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Name: Cài Qing, Representative of Kunshan (Qing Cài in Western Arrangement)
Born: April 2, 1901
Party: Chinese Youth Party

Background: The son of a substantially successful and influential landowner and minor merchant in the Canal Town of Zhouzhuang, Qing has grown to become quite the local figure himself. From a young age his father, Cài Ru, who had well tutored and educated himself, chose to educate his son for himself instilling a great deal of his ideals into his son. This would result in his son becoming a vibrant, ambitious young man dreaming of change for the nation. Whilst that is so, he is also deeply invested and impassioned in the beliefs of Confucianism and Chinese Tradition. Although Radical and not afraid to speak his mind, Qing prefers scholarly studies and collected intellectual debate. He deeply supports the greater Unification and Expansion of China.
 
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Name: Zhao Huguang Wei
Age: 47 (23.05.1883)
Political Party: Independent
Biography: Born in Beiping, not much is known about Z. H. Wei until the 1911 Revolution when Wei followed Pu Yi into his exile in Tientsin. However with the restoration of the Emperor Zhao's dedication and zeal led him to rise to become the Asst. Deputy of Internal Affairs.

Titles:
Asst. Director of Internal Security: 1917 - present
 
Name: Zhong Wenli
Age: 39 (1.02.1891)
Party: Independent
Bio: Zhong can trace is lineage back to the manchu nobility of the conquest of China and beyond. Being part of a prosper Qing noble family since youth, he received some of the best Confucian available in China even during those those troubled times. In his youth he had enlisted in the Qing army where he quickly rose to a prominent status, thanks to his skill but also his family status. However when the revolution came, he fled with the several members of the nobility with Pu Yi, his father died during this exile from natural causes leaving him as the head of the family. Once the Empire was established he once again rejoined the military, and was given the rank of General.

Zhong is a staunch monarchist and Confucian believing in absolute obedience to the Emperor and the Mandate of Heaven. He sees the West as a corrupting influence on Chinese society and deeply despises the German pseudo-occupation of a great part of the Empire though he does respect and even to a measure admire the sheer German might.
He is not adverse to western science,technology and military tactics, seeing them as mostly neutral tools that can be adapted to the Chinese culture and helpfully restoring the Empire to his old might.

Despite his position as General, he pays close attention to the political matters, and does his best with his and his families influence to steer the Empire in the righteous path he believes.


OC: I think there is no problem giving my character immediately this military rank I believe?
 
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Name: Zhao Huguang Wei
Age: 47 (23.05.1883)
Political Party: Independent
Biography: Born in Beiping, not much is known about Z. H. Wei until the 1911 Revolution when Wei followed Pu Yi into his exile in Tientsin. However with the restoration of the Emperor Zhao's dedication and zeal led him to rise to become the Asst. Deputy of Internal Affairs.

Titles:
Asst. Director of Internal Security: 1917 - present


What the "Zhao Huguang We" ? On photo Onoda Hiroo- WWII japanese soldier who was founded alive on Philipines islands in our time
 
What the "Zhao Huguang We" ? On photo Onoda Hiroo- WWII japanese soldier who was founded alive on Philipines islands in our time
((Aye, but now he is Zhao H. Wei. And that's fine Soulstrider.))
 
Primaries; 1936​


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The Xuantong Emperor in a photograph taken outside the German Embassy
Even after the coup which had installed "democracy" in the Great Qing came out on top, reactions were subdued. Although the seats of the new Imperial Assembly slowly began to flesh out with a mixture of capitalists and old-money aristocrats there was little enthusiasm to be seen for the idea of elections. Only one candidate nominated himself for his party's candidate: Shang Tsung, representative for Beijing and member of the Chinese Youth Party. The CYP had quietly been gaining strength amidst the recent turmoil and was nearly to the point where they could mount a challenge to the Kuomintang's paternalistic policies in favour of more actual democracy. However; it remained to be seen whether Shang's fellows would vote for him...

Among the KMT inaction reigned. She of course had her representatives in the Imperial Assembly but none of them stepped forwards as candidates. The recent scandal concerning a KMT official declaring (off the record) that the Qing dynasty had lost the Mandate to Yuan Shikai as the former "Hongxian Emperor" deeply hurt the party's support with the urban population who had the right to vote and the organisation still reeled. There was always the possibility of a write-in campaign from those intrepid enough to mount one so the outcome remained to be seen. Privately the Emperor continued to disparage the mere thought of elections as an effort to his heavenly dignity; not shy of letting his courtiers no the lengths to which the new government would have to appease him once the elections were over.


Player actions required:
CYP: Vote Yea or Nay concerning Shang Tsung as your candidate.
KMT: Come up with a candidate, if it please you.