Beiyang government is called "Beiyang" in history. It was called "Beiyang" because the Beijing government was mainly controlled by Beiyang warlords at that time. The names of Beiyang warlords refer to some military generals of Beiyang New Army trained by Yuan Shikai in the late Qing Dynasty.

One of the warlord forces of Beiyang government in the Republic of China was composed of the main generals of "Beiyang New Army" after Yuan Shikai came to power. After Yuan's death, no one had enough ability to command the whole Beiyang army and political power, and each * * * parted ways with the separatist forces in the provinces and established a sphere of influence with the army as the main force in the provinces.

Nominally, it is still under the control of the Beijing government. However, the Beijing regime was actually controlled by warlords in different periods, so the Beijing government in Beiyang warlord period was also called Beiyang warlord government (referred to as Beiyang government). Historically, the warlords north of Wusongkou of the Yangtze River were also called Beiyang warlords.

Another name of Beiyang-Huanghai

Beiyang is another name for the ancient Yellow Sea, which appeared in the Song Dynasty. In the late Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, the Yangtze River estuary in Wusongkou, Shanghai was designated as the southern boundary of Beiyang, and the area north of the Yangtze River was collectively referred to as Beiyang, and vice versa.

In the tenth year of Xianfeng (186 1), the court set up the Prime Minister's Office, which was composed of three trade ministers. 1870, three ministers of the Ministry of Trade and Industry were abolished, and all westernization affairs were taken over by the governor of Zhili. The Beiyang border under the control of Zhili Governor is also called Beiyang Minister of Trade, or simply called Beiyang Minister. This year, Li Hongzhang took over as governor of Zhili and managed Beiyang.