The Gold Standard and the Warlord Era

Yuan tried to hang on, but he died June 6th. And the reason for his failure is really, really simple. Nobody trusted him. The Republicans had dared to return to their stronghold in Canton and the generals knew better than to trust him. So you cannot betray the emperor president and then make a deal with him. He's got to go. China is headed for the era of the warlords. Yeah, so we'll come back to the warlord era during the interwar series.