Jing Kingdom

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Jing Kingdom (景国)
Species/Race	Human Race kingdom
Affiliation	Human Race
Occupation/Role	Sovereign state on the Saint Origin Continent
Capital	Ning'an City 3185
Government	Ruled by the Jing Lord alongside the Grand Secretariat; the latter progressively gained independent decision-making authority 2486 2571
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 96 96

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Literary-talent resurgence	462	Following Fang Yun's passage through Lingyan Pavilion, outside literary talent converged in Jing Kingdom; its Academy talent pillar rose to sixth among the twelve kingdoms. 462
First in the Metropolitan Graduate Hunting Ground	720	Jing Kingdom became the first-ranked kingdom in the hunting ground, setting a Human Race record after centuries without such a result. 720
Fourth in examination depth	1598	Although it earned no top-grade placements, Jing Kingdom ranked fourth by the proportion of second-grade Metropolitan Graduate Examination placements. 1598
Powerful-nation status	2076	Its victory over the Barbarian army granted enough military merit to expand examination quotas, mobilizable Literary Qi, and national strength; it entered the ranks of powerful nations. 2076
Mechanized-era supremacy	3110	With mass-produced second-generation mechanisms, scholars judged Jing Kingdom capable of surpassing even the strongest historical kingdoms. 3110

History

Early weakness and encirclement

Jing Kingdom was long considered weak among the Ten Kingdoms, with too few Great Scholars and exceptional young scholars to compete consistently with stronger states. 465 It repeatedly lost territory: Grass Barbarians pressured it from the north, Wu Kingdom from the west, and Qing Kingdom from the south. 835

Qing Kingdom and Wu Kingdom spent decades seeking to divide Jing Kingdom. Qing viewed a weakened Jing Kingdom as future territory, while the prospect of a concentrated Grass Barbarian invasion raised the possibility that neighboring states could divide it if its defenses collapsed. 96 142 643

Fang Yun's rise and national recovery

Fang Yun's achievements reversed the kingdom's declining morale. His Lingyan Pavilion success drew literary talent into Jing Kingdom, while Jing citizens gradually replaced their previous anger and insecurity toward Qing scholars with confidence. 462 178

His campaigns and political influence also enabled Jing Kingdom to recover an entire prefecture in a single stroke—an unprecedented achievement for a state that had historically struggled to regain even one or two prefectures. 835 The later defeat of the Barbarian army transformed Jing Kingdom's military standing and gave its citizens confidence in dealing with every other kingdom. 2076

Government and Legal Order

Grand Secretariat and Cabinet Centralization

After the fall of Liu Shan's faction, the capital remained divided among the imperial house, Sage Aristocratic Families, Jiang Hechuan, Cao Dean, Li Wenying, and Fang Yun's respective factions. Fang Yun's supporters controlled Xiang Prefecture and Mi Prefecture, but initially lacked equivalent influence in the capital. 2452

Fang Yun took control of the Left Prime Minister's Office within half a month, aided by his Great Scholar rank, military merit, and experience governing Ning'an and Xiang Prefecture. 2462 The royal family later granted the Grand Secretariat legal authority to make autonomous decisions, shifting practical power away from the monarchy. 2486

Fang Yun termed the new governing model Cabinet Centralization. 2480 His proposed Jing Kingdom Constitution defined the state as a scholar-centered Human Race nation jointly led by the Jing Lord and Grand Secretariat, while placing governance and legislation chiefly in the Grand Secretariat's hands. 2571

Anti-Thug Campaign

The Hall of Punishment established the Temporary Anti-Thug Office for Severe Criminal Activities in Jing Kingdom, with Gao Mo as chief and the kingdom's prime ministers and grand marshal as deputy chiefs. 2490

The office initially concentrated on unresolved major cases, suspected wrongful convictions, and new serious crimes. 2493 Its broader campaign later dismantled clan law, private punishment, and private prisons; judicial authority over imperial relatives was also removed, except for the monarch. 2529 3067

• More than one hundred clans were eliminated during the campaign, and confiscated property, shops, and farmland were placed under Sacred Academy and Jing Kingdom trusteeship. 2529
• The Anti-Thug Office publicly named 106 Lineages for serious crimes, treason, or rebellion; many senior figures were executed or exiled. 2527
• The Five Great Families—Zhang Heng, Chen Sage, Sage Cui, Gongyang, and Ban Gu—swore a blood oath to support Jing Kingdom's reforms and the Anti-Thug Campaign. 2523

Political Way

During the Miscellaneous School's Sacred Way Suppression, a black jade seal drained Jing Kingdom's strength and caused widespread bureaucratic confusion. 2567 Fang Yun subsequently established the Political Way, giving Jing Kingdom its own Sacred Way and making his Saint Enfeoffment nearly certain. 2607

The Political Way became the ideological foundation for later reforms, including Fang Yun's proposal for five years of free compulsory education for all children, including girls. Funding was to come from Qing reparations, commercial reforms, and state-owned enterprises. 2609

Economy and Development

Jade Sea City became a major pillar of Jing Kingdom through trade with the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace. 1319 Fang Yun also designated Ning'an City as the sole trade city for the Bloodmang Realm after its transition toward human habitability. 1319

Jing Kingdom expanded its industrial base through workshops, Dragon Race commerce, and Craftsmen School technology.

• It offered technology, markets, and talent to Wu Kingdom and other partners in exchange for capital and labor, blunting Qing Kingdom's attempted trade boycott. 2508
• The Grand Secretariat created joint workshops with other kingdoms in Jade Sea City, sharing profits and technology while securing Jing Kingdom a greater share of the benefits. 2527
• Specialized modern academies were established for the Agricultural, Craftsmen, Medical, Legalist, and War schools. 2527
• The state distributed farming tools and Armored Oxen acquired through cooperation with the Bloodmang Realm's Agriculture and Crafts Halls. 2529
• Jing Kingdom promoted northern development and offered noble titles and island fiefs to citizens who discovered unclaimed islands. 2529

Its workshops eventually produced goods that were cheaper and of higher quality than many local products throughout the Ten Kingdoms, helping accelerate continent-wide technological development. 2504

Armed Forces

Jing Kingdom reorganized its anti-Barbarian military into the Front Guard, Rear Guard, Left Guard, and Right Guard Armies, each numbering more than 500,000 soldiers; the planned total force was five million. 1430

Its elite Demon Iron Cavalry was originally a 50,000-strong force controlled by the imperial house. After Fang Yun seized Xiang Prefecture, the Empress Dowager replaced his noble retinue with 2,000 Demon Iron Cavalrymen. 837

Later military strength centered on mechanization.

• Jing Kingdom mass-produced second-generation Xiang Prefecture Armored Mechanisms, along with Flying Mechanisms, Literary Qi Cannons, Wooden Oxen, and Gliding Horses. 3110
• The Xiang Prefecture model improved combat power, efficiency, and durability by roughly 30% over first-generation designs. 3110
• Literary Qi Light Clusters remained a strategic limitation because they required War Poetry passages written on Wenqu Paper; crossbow mechanisms were retained as a long-war fallback. 3110

Territorial Expansion

Jing Kingdom's recovery of a prefecture under Fang Yun marked a decisive break from its earlier pattern of territorial losses. 835 In the later Battles for Prefectures against Qing Kingdom, Jing forces occupied Xi Prefecture city by city without conventional battles. 3104

The kingdom then seized Ling Prefecture and eventually conquered Fengzhou, bringing the Zong Family under Jing rule. 3107 3139 In Xi Prefecture, Jing officials imposed administrative, legal, hygiene, and traffic reforms; after an initial period of resentment, many residents recognized tangible improvements in daily life. 3107

Jing Kingdom also used the Covert Propaganda Department, migration incentives, and its growing industrial opportunities to draw Qing scholars, craftsmen, laborers, and entire families into its territory. 3108

After its newly conquered provinces stabilized, Jing Kingdom restricted recognized worship to Human Race sages and ancestors; adherents of other beliefs faced heavy taxation, loss of legal protection, restrictions on education and commerce, and one-child limits unless they renounced those beliefs. 3139

Relationships

• Fang Yun — Jing Kingdom's foremost reformer, military benefactor, and Left Prime Minister; his leadership reshaped its administration, economy, military, and Sacred Way. 2462 2607
• Qing Kingdom — Long-standing rival that sought to partition or absorb Jing Kingdom; later suffered economic, diplomatic, territorial, and talent losses to Jing. 96 2613 3108
• Wu Kingdom — Historical rival that participated in plans to divide Jing Kingdom, but later became a technological and commercial partner against Qing pressure. 142 2508
• Eastern Sea Dragon Palace — Major commercial partner through Jade Sea City and prospective Dragon- and Water-Race-focused workshops. 1319 2498
• Sacred Academy and Hall of Punishment — Partners and constraints in Jing Kingdom's legal campaigns, institutional reforms, academies, and technological development. 2490 2527
• Five Great Families of Jing Kingdom — Swore a blood oath to support Fang Yun's reforms and the Anti-Thug Campaign. 2523