1 | When Yuan died of blood poisoning in 1916 he was not mourned and his lack of a clear successor set off ten years of warlord anarchy on a national scale. | |
2 | 'Go and tell Yuan Shikai nicely that he must save us.' | |
3 | Later Yuan Shikai died in grief under nationwide condemnation against his attempts to restore monarchy. | |
4 | It is external manifestation of army construction that he paid attention to weaponry . | |
5 | At the advocate of Yuan Shikai, Zhili become the"Main province study abroad to Japan"in North area. |