With no relief effort in sight, people starved to death in the streets while the government in Luoyang continued to live in absolute luxury.

Furthermore, China was struck by multiple failed harvests and natural disasters at this time, though the imperial government turned a blind eye. Nepotism, over-taxation, and widespread corruption crippled the economy of the Han Empire. These so-called Ten Attendants (though, confusingly, there were twelve) were heavily corrupt and abused the Chinese bureaucracy to line their own pockets. Under Emperor Ling, a powerful faction of eunuchs gained control over him, even in adulthood. This would remove a motivation to betray their master and make them more loyal, though the reality was often disappointing. Eunuchs were tasked with important administrative jobs in dynastic China due to their inability to produce offspring and found a dynasty of their own. Ascending to the throne as a twelve-year-old child emperor, he relied heavily on his eunuchs. The Han Empire had grown extremely corrupt under the reign of Emperor Ling (157-189 AD). Heroes that provide casualty replenishment are always welcome in armies.The Yellow Turban Rebellion was caused by several issues plaguing China in the late 2nd century AD. It's always a hard decision whether to use mages in armies or for actions. Usually this happens to both sit on mages which is very unfortunate. Oh and for heroes, I value steal technology and boost economy very much. Loads of case by case action going on here. What I find to be really hard to decide on is caster lords, as they actually gain important combat features in their yellow tree. Red tree is great on everyone no question and I would never say it's a bad move to use that instead. There will certainly be some exceptions here. What I want from the blue tree, somewhat ordered: upkeep reduction, casualty replenishment, ambush defence chance, hero action defence, research bonus, general economy bonus. Blue tree is generally the priority for me though - renowned and feared and lightning strike are both very worthwhile targets. Some factions have pretty boring bonuses especially in first tier (looking at you, Dwarfs) which makes it harder to motivate prioritizing it. It's hard to generalize properly as the blue tree especially is quite unique in structure for each faction.

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