u/TheSuperDodo

I'm doing a casual Uzbek run at the moment. My original aim was Uzbek > Bukhara > Yuan > Mongol Empire; my conquests into Persia were delayed because of very strong Timurids, but expansion east has been pretty much a breeze with the Ming imploding without my help, and I'm now close to all provinces needed to form Yuan. However, I noticed that in order to actually take the Mandate, I have to be in the Pagan or Eastern religious groups. Now I'm not a big expert on EU4 mechanics (I only have a little less than 1,000 hours in the game...), so I was wondering if anyone could help me with flipping my religion. Do I really have to just rile up some Tengri rebels and let them siege everything until they can enforce demands?