Political Groups In Periods Of The1916Republic-defending War

The1916Republic-defending War is a major event in modern history of China. The war not only ended the political career of Yuan Shikai, but also opened the era of warlord politics in modern China. During the war, the Republic-defending army fighting the Beiyang Army on the battlefield. Additionally, both sides had launched a tit-for-tat political game. However, compared with the war, the conflict of the Republic-defending Army inner was more attractive.Liang Qichao and Cai E were major architects of the1916Republic-defending War. Liang was the leader of the Progressive Party. While Cai E, his student, was a nationalist, having the same political stance with Liang Qichao. But their allies, such as Cen Chunxuan, Lu Rongting, Li Liejun, Li Genyuan, Huang Xing and Long Jiguang, were not exactly nationalists or Progressive Party members. They belong to different political groups, who had diverse political standpoints and political concerns. As everyone knows, party struggles were very intensely in the early Republic of China. Political groups without regard to national interests in order to achieve their own political targets. In the period of the1916Republic-defending War, people with different standpoints of view, whether volunteers or forced stood in the same camp, which considerable.With the same goal of overthrowing Yuan Shikai, political people from the Progressive Party, the KMT, the Southwest Local Strength joined together and fighted against Yuan Shikai. This group against to the Yuan Shikai Group. The participants who demonstrated elastic or flexible rigidity to adjusted their position during the process of establishing of the group. Liang Qichao attached himself to the government of Yuan Shikai in early years of the Republic of China. Liang and Yuan had widely different political standpoints, which made them parted company. Someone from the KMT also joint the Republic-defending group who did not care for the hitting from the Progressive Party. The Southwest Local Strength, Lu Rongting, Tang Jiyao, Long Jiguang, who against to Yuan Shikai in order to save their own vested interest.Two organizations were built, one was the General Headquarters of Guangdong and Guangxi and the other was the Military cabinet, in order to united these political groups. These two organizations had different forms, different responsibilities, and distinct functions. But both of them maintained the weak cooperation by relative fair and informal system. There was not absolute authority so that parties holded the fair saying. There was absolute authority mean that the organization was short of restriction.After the death of Yuan Shikai, Duan Qirui, the factual leader of Beijing Government, gave up hostile attitude in order to end to hostilities between the northern and the southern. He consulted with the Republic-defending Army via some informal ways. Although the there was less pressure outside, The disagreements within the Republic-defending Group deepened. The inner conflict broken down the system of the Republic-defend ing Group.