Jiang Chaozong was a Chinese General and an acting Premier of the Republic of China

Premier of the Republic of China

The President of the Executive Yuan , commonly known as the Premier of the Republic of China , is the head of the Executive Yuan, the executive branch of the Republic of China , which currently administers Taiwan, Matsu, and Kinmen. The premier is appointed by the President of the Republic of China...

 in 1917.

While stationed in Shaanxi

Shaanxi

' is a province in the central part of Mainland China, and it includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River in addition to the Qinling Mountains across the southern part of this province...

, Huang Chaoyong sent word to Jiang Chaozong in Nanzheng asking for military help in crushing an uprising by the Gelaohui

Gelaohui

The Gelaohui , also called Futaubang, or Hatchet Gang , as every member allegedly carried a small hatchet inside the sleeve, was a secret society and underground resistance movement associated with the revolutionary Tongmenghui led by Sun Yat-sen and Song Jiaoren.Originating in western china,...

. Jiang had none to spare, but contacted the head of the Yang Xian militia.

His previous position wasChief of the Beijing Commandery and replaced Wu Tingfang

Wu Tingfang

Wu Tingfang was a Chinese diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and briefly as Acting Premier during the early years of the Republic of China. He is also known under his Cantonese name Ng Choy -Biography:...

's as Premeir from Jun 12-24. He dissolved parliament by signing a mandate. He was succeeded by Li Jingxi.

The monarchists Zhang Xun

Zhang Xun

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 and Kang Youwei

Kang Youwei

Kang Youwei , was a Chinese scholar, noted calligrapher and prominent political thinker and reformer of the late Qing Dynasty. He led movements to establish a constitutional monarchy and was an ardent Chinese nationalist. His ideas inspired a reformation movement that was supported by the Guangxu...

 drawn up a plan for the restoration of the Qing dynasty

Qing Dynasty

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, popped up in Beijing as well. On 1 July, on Zhang Xun's instructions, war minister Wang Shizhen, army commander Jiang Chaozong, and former Qing dignitary Liang Qichao acted on this plan. The plan to restore Emperor Puyi

Puyi

Puyi , of the Manchu Aisin Gioro clan, was the last Emperor of China, and the twelfth and final ruler of the Qing Dynasty. He ruled as the Xuantong Emperor from 1908 until his abdication on 12 February 1912. From 1 to 12 July 1917 he was briefly restored to the throne as a nominal emperor by the...

 failed.

Jiang rented land to Dr. Ethel Margaret Phillips in Beijing

Beijing

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. He had a high position during the Qing dynasty and was mayor of Beijing during 1917.

Jiang ended up collaborating with the Japanese during the Second Sino Japanese War, joining the Provisional Government of the Republic of China. He was declared a traitor by the Chinese government and died in 1943.