Issue #1: Emperor of China loses -0.05 mandate per month for not owning one of each: Beijing, Nanjing, Canton
-This is historically inaccurate, as many Chinese Empires such as Wei, Liao, Jin, etc claimed mandate and did not control Nanjing or Canton.
-These dynasties didn't end up with zero mandate in real life and end up suffering -50% shock/fire damage debuff. In fact, Northern Chinese Dynasties were typically militarily superior to Southern Chinese, even though they didn't control the said two cities.
-Mongol Yuan dynasty also took decades after proclaiming mandate to conquer Nanjing and Canton from Southern Song. Yuan didn't end up with zero mandate because of that.
-Also owning such particular cities didn't change the Chinese civilian public's view on whether the emperor had the 'mandate' or not, either.
Solution to #1: Remove the said debuff
Issue #2: Tributary system is a one-way payment where tributaries pay tribute once a year
-In reality, Eastern tributary systems were very different from the West, as former was more of a mutual exchange.
-When paying tribute, tributary states received gifts from the Chinese emperor. Often times, the gifts were much greater in value than the tributes paid.
"Secondly, although "tribute" usually suggests the extraction of an economic surplus, tributaries coming to Beijing (or earlier capitals) received gifts in return, which often exceeded in economic value the ones that they brought. (In the case of Central Asian tribes being paid not to raid China's borders, the imbalance in favor of the tribute giver could be very large.) The political symbolism was generally more important than the economic value of the gifts."
(source: encyclopedia dot com, article name "Tributary System" (forums doesn't allow me to post links))
"The gifts doled out by the Ming emperor and the trade permits granted were of greater value than the tribute itself, so tribute states sent as many tribute missions as they could. In 1372, the Hongwu Emperor restricted tribute missions from Joseon and six other countries to just one every three years."
(source: Wikipedia, article name "Tributary System of China" (forums doesn't allow me to post links))
Solution to #2: Tributary states should receive something from their overlords
-This is historically inaccurate, as many Chinese Empires such as Wei, Liao, Jin, etc claimed mandate and did not control Nanjing or Canton.
-These dynasties didn't end up with zero mandate in real life and end up suffering -50% shock/fire damage debuff. In fact, Northern Chinese Dynasties were typically militarily superior to Southern Chinese, even though they didn't control the said two cities.
-Mongol Yuan dynasty also took decades after proclaiming mandate to conquer Nanjing and Canton from Southern Song. Yuan didn't end up with zero mandate because of that.
-Also owning such particular cities didn't change the Chinese civilian public's view on whether the emperor had the 'mandate' or not, either.
Solution to #1: Remove the said debuff
Issue #2: Tributary system is a one-way payment where tributaries pay tribute once a year
-In reality, Eastern tributary systems were very different from the West, as former was more of a mutual exchange.
-When paying tribute, tributary states received gifts from the Chinese emperor. Often times, the gifts were much greater in value than the tributes paid.
"Secondly, although "tribute" usually suggests the extraction of an economic surplus, tributaries coming to Beijing (or earlier capitals) received gifts in return, which often exceeded in economic value the ones that they brought. (In the case of Central Asian tribes being paid not to raid China's borders, the imbalance in favor of the tribute giver could be very large.) The political symbolism was generally more important than the economic value of the gifts."
(source: encyclopedia dot com, article name "Tributary System" (forums doesn't allow me to post links))
"The gifts doled out by the Ming emperor and the trade permits granted were of greater value than the tribute itself, so tribute states sent as many tribute missions as they could. In 1372, the Hongwu Emperor restricted tribute missions from Joseon and six other countries to just one every three years."
(source: Wikipedia, article name "Tributary System of China" (forums doesn't allow me to post links))
Solution to #2: Tributary states should receive something from their overlords
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