17 mai 1923 - Cao Kun Acquires the Presidency

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Cao Kun acquires the Presidency by openly bribing assembly members with 5,000 silver dollars each. This episode brings disrepute to the Beiyang government and its assembly, which lacked a quorum to even hold elections. It turned all the rival factions against him and his own Zhili clique began suffering from dissension. Relations with his chief protégé, Wu Peifu, soured and there were rumours of an impending split within the Zhili clique but they stayed together due to the threat posed by the Fengtian clique.

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