108 years ago today, on May 23, 1917 (April 3, 1917, the lunar calendar), Li Yuanhong removed Duan Qirui from the post of Prime Minister. On May 23, 1917, Li Yuanhong removed Duan Qirui from his post as Prime Minister and Chief of the Army. After Li Yuanhong took office as president and appointed Duan Qirui as Prime Minister, Duan Qirui attempted to use Li Yuanhong as a puppet, a power struggle between the president and the prime minister broke out, and a struggle between the President's Office (Presidential Office) and the Yuan (State Council) broke out. The struggle broke out openly over the issue of declaring war on Germany. At that time, Japan encouraged China to declare war on Germany in an attempt to further control China. Duan Qirui was pro-Japan and attempted to obtain economic and military assistance from Japan by participating in the war to strengthen his strength. The United States asked China not to declare war on Germany. Direct pro-American warlords and Li Yuanhong opposed participating in the war. On April 25, 1917, Duan Qirui held a meeting of the Military Governor Group in Beijing to put pressure on Li Yuanhong and the National Assembly to force them to agree to participate in the war. On May 7, the State Department submitted a declaration of war against Germany to Congress. On the 8th, Congress met to discuss the declaration of war. On the 10th, at the behest of Duan Qirui, hooligans, beggars, and military police surrounded the National Assembly, insulted the members, and coerced the National Assembly to pass a declaration of war that day, but was rejected. On the 19th, Duan Qirui instigated the provincial governors to ask Li Yuanhong to dissolve the National Assembly. At this point, the opposition between the government and the hospital was irreconcilable. Li Yuanhong removed Duan Qirui from his post, and Duan Qirui sent electricity to all provinces and refused to recognize the dismissal order. The Anhui Dynasty and the governors who followed the Anhui Dynasty declared independence one after another. Feng Guozhang, a direct line, adopted a wait-and-see attitude. Li Yuanhong had no choice but to call Zhang Xun to Beijing for mediation on June 1. After Zhang Xun entered Beijing, he supported the restoration of Puyi, the deposed Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Li Yuanhong stayed in the Japanese Embassy and telegraphed Feng Guozhang to act as president and appointed Duan Qirui as Prime Minister. As a result of the dispute between the government and the court, Li Yuanhong, who was not from the Beiyang faction, stepped down.