Empress Dowager Longyu issued the abdication edict along with the favorable treatment conditions for the Qing imperial family, marking the formal exit of the Qing Dynasty. The Beiyang clique and local gentry completed the transfer of power through a leveraged buyout.
Duan Qirui, along with 47 high-ranking Beiyang generals, issued a joint telegram for the republic, delivering an ultimatum for abdication to Empress Dowager Longyu in the name of saving the throne.
Liang Bi, a core Manchu noble figure who advocated rejecting a republic and fighting against Yuan Shikai, was killed in a bomb attack in Beijing, causing the Manchu nobles' northwest defense line to completely collapse.
After the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising, Sun Yat-sen arrived in Shanghai. Following the establishment of the Provisional Government in Nanjing, the treasury had only ten silver dollars left, facing total bankruptcy due to a lack of foreign window and diplomatic recognition.
After Cixi's death, two-year-old Puyi succeeded to the throne, Prince Regent Zaifeng took power, and then dismissed Yuan Shikai, who controlled the Beiyang New Army, from office and sent him back to his hometown.
When Empress Dowager Cixi declared war on eleven nations, the governors of the southeastern provinces declared the order rebellious and maintained neutrality, completely outsourcing the central Qing court's military, political, and financial control to the regions from then on.