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After Yuan Shikai became the second interim president of the Republic of China in March 19 12 (the first year of the Republic of China), Song Yu, one of the leaders of the Kuomintang, was assassinated in March 19 13, which led to the second revolution against Yuan Shikai in July of the same year. After Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army defeated the armies of the provinces, it announced the dissolution of the Kuomintang and coerced the National Assembly to elect itself as the official president. 19 14 1 Yuan Shikai changed the Provisional Constitution to the Constitution of the Republic of China, and in 12, the Presidential Election Law was revised to change the president to life tenure. 1965438+On May 9, 2005, Yuan Shikai announced his acceptance of Japan's Article 21 requirements, which was regarded as a national humiliation by later generations. In August, he set up a preparatory committee to pave the way for his future emperor dream.

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1965438+On August 4, 2005/KLOC-0, Yang Du jointly established the Preparatory Committee with Sun, Sun, Liu and Yan Fu, claiming that * * * and * were not applicable to China. ? I don't know why, more and more so-called petition groups wrote letters asking for a change in the state system. Liang Qichao, the leader of the Progressive Party and a former justice, wrote an article "What a strange so-called state system problem" to satirize Yuan.

In the face of more and more public opinion groups (petition groups) claiming to represent public opinion and support Yuan Shikai's accession to the throne, Yuan announced the establishment of a national assembly, which was elected by representatives from all over the country to decide the national sports system. On behalf of the Legislative Yuan, the Senate drafted the organic law of the National Congress, and 1993 national deputies were elected. At 9: 00 a.m. on February/2004 1 1, 993 national deputies voted on the reform of the state system.

65438+February 65438+February 65438, the Senate proclaimed Yuan Shikai as emperor, and announced that 19 16 was changed to the first year of Hongxian, the Republic of China was changed to the Chinese Empire, and the presidential palace of Beiyang government was changed to Xinhua Palace (now Zhongnanhai), and it was ready to be enthroned in the Temple of Heaven. In the same month, the Patriotic Army revolted in Yunnan and defeated Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army, forcing Yuan Shikai to announce the abolition of the imperial system on March 22 19 16, and became the president of the Republic of China, and the Chinese Empire perished, which lasted only 102 days (this year was a leap year). However, the war to defend the country did not stop, and Yuan Shikai himself died on June 6 of the same year.