Everything about Feng Guozhang totally explained
Féng Guózhāng, (;
courtesy:
Huafu 華甫 or 華符) (
January 7,
1859 -
December 12,
1919) a native of
Hejian,
Hebei. He was a
Beiyang Army general and politician in early
republican China.
Feng broke with
Yuan Shikai when the latter attempted to make himself emperor. Yuan made Feng a Duke, but his name was prominently missing from the list of proposed successors of Yuan revealed after death.
Feng then served as vice president under
Li Yuanhong and was founder of the
Zhili clique of warlords. During the occupation of
Beijing by
Zhang Xun, Feng served as acting president, a position he kept when Li formally resigned. He was sworn
president of the Republic of China on
August 1 1917 but its constitutionality was challenged as the
National Assembly wasn't reconvened to recognize it. On
August 14, China entered
World War I on the side of the Allies after growing evidence of
Germany's support for Zhang's coup was uncovered as well as intense lobbying by Premier
Duan Qirui. He sent about 100,000 in
labor battalions to the
Western Front.
Sun Yatsen set up a rival government in
Guangzhou during September 1917 and also declared war later that month in a failed attempt to get international recognition. Feng wanted to peacefully resolve the north-south conflict which led to Duan resigning in protest. Due to pressure from the
Anhui clique, he brought Duan back into the premiership. Feng finished the five-year term started by Yuan in
1913 on
October 10,
1918 and died in
Beijing of illness.
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