Yuan Shikai's claim to be emperor led to the warlord's separatist regime. If Yuan Shikai doesn't die, will there still be civil war between warlords?

At the end of feudal society in China, due to the invasion of foreign powers, China began to be semi-colonial and semi-feudal. Then came the phenomenon of warlord separatism. Some people think that if Yuan Shikai had not died, there would have been no warlord regime at the end of feudal society. In fact, Bian Xiao does not agree with this statement, because the nature of a country determines its politics, economy, culture and system. At the end of feudal society, the semi-colonial and semi-feudal social nature of our country provided the soil for the growth of warlord regime. The emergence of great powers nourished the development of warlord regimes. Why is there a warlord regime without Yuan Shikai?

From the late Qing Dynasty to the early years of the Republic of China, warlords from all walks of life in China supported their troops with self-respect and became independent in succession. For their own interests, they often clashed, which had a serious impact on the social and economic development at that time. In addition, the warlord regime also led to the social transformation of China. The emergence of warlordism benefited from the political and economic development at that time. In a word, it is the contradiction between productive forces and production relations that leads to warlordism. This is also the fundamental reason for the emergence of warlord regimes.

In addition to this reason, there is another influencing factor, that is, western powers need to obtain more benefits through warlords. At that time, the uprising in China continued. In order to suppress the Boxer Rebellion, the foreign powers launched a war of aggression against China. Later, the great powers realized that in order to control the Qing government and suppress the people, they must support local forces. As a result, warlords from all over the world appeared one after another. This is the external factor of the warlord regime.

In addition, China's self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy is also an important factor of the warlord regime. This economic system provided an important economic foundation for the emergence of warlord regimes. Therefore, after analysis, we found that even if Yuan Shikai was not dead, the warlord regime would still appear.