Quote Originally Posted by ToranagaSama
Exactly how do you "build a general"?
You research vices and virtues until your girlfriend threatens to break up with you for being an obsessed maniac.

Then you actively seek to put your generals in battle situations where they can gain the best virtues. Creative distribution of non-governor titles (Master of the Stables et al) is obviously required as well.

It's just plain old RPG-style attribute stacking.