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Song Jioren was one of the founders of the Guomindang and was able to take the new party to victory in the 1912 election. However considering that part of his objective was to check the power of the presidency, occupied by Yuan Shikai, it brought him into conflict with Yuan. Who in turn decided to just off Song as a way to remove a threat to his power. I have read that this is one of the causes that lead to the disintegration of the First Republic of China into the warlord era.
So my question is what if Yuan doesn't assassinate Song? Perhaps he fails to or decides it isn't worth the risk. Does the Warlord era still happen? anything else that could be the fallout of this not happening?