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The response from the [[Palace of Columns]] is not recorded but is assumed to not have resulted in much help being given to Guangbei, as the problems enumerated in the Prince's missives are known to have continued well into the era of the Great Wars. A major revolt broke out in 1894 comprising most of the province's non-[[Daxian people|Daxian]] ethnic groups against increased taxation on sheep wool. Many cities and towns that depended on the wool trade also joined the rebels who marched on [[Brink]] by 1896 but were unable to take the city. The revolt was finally put down in 1901 when Qian reinforcements finally arrived but the province was completely devastated by then and the imperial government had little funds to spare on reconstruction, almost 40% of the imperial budget was being spent on the [[Great Arsenal]]. By the time some bureaucrats in the Qian administration were ready give Guangbei more than a second look, the [[Second Great War]] was beginning and the ideas of previously mentioned separatist authors taken root in the province. | The response from the [[Palace of Columns]] is not recorded but is assumed to not have resulted in much help being given to Guangbei, as the problems enumerated in the Prince's missives are known to have continued well into the era of the Great Wars. A major revolt broke out in 1894 comprising most of the province's non-[[Daxian people|Daxian]] ethnic groups against increased taxation on sheep wool. Many cities and towns that depended on the wool trade also joined the rebels who marched on [[Brink]] by 1896 but were unable to take the city. The revolt was finally put down in 1901 when Qian reinforcements finally arrived but the province was completely devastated by then and the imperial government had little funds to spare on reconstruction, almost 40% of the imperial budget was being spent on the [[Great Arsenal]]. By the time some bureaucrats in the Qian administration were ready give Guangbei more than a second look, the [[Second Great War]] was beginning and the ideas of previously mentioned separatist authors taken root in the province. | ||
[[File:2ndPrinceChun1.jpg|thumb|Jiaohua, first and only King of Canpei]] | |||
The Society for the restoration of Liang and the Kurultai of Degei tribes agitated against [[Daxia]]'s entry into the [[Second Great War]] and produced a program that outlined increased funding for Guangebi, linguistic and cultural rights and evacuation of Qian forces, except police. A delegation of both groups bypassed the Prince of Guangbei and took the petition before the imperial court, where it was summarily refused. Back in Guangbei the government of Prince Jiaohua was preoccupied with staying in power as the realization that the Qian court was not about to provide any more than the little it was giving already. Prince Jiaohua resolved that if the central government was not doing anything to suppress the separatists, he could not really be blamed if he ended up making an agreement with them. A monarchy ruling over a multiethnic state was a more appetizing prospect than being kicked out of Brink by force or worse. Envoys of the separatist compact and the prince met at several conclaves to negotiate the terms of the transformation of the province into an entity independent of the Qian. The prince's insistence on being more than a constitutional monarch was a snag in the negotiation process which was only resolved when the separatists threatened to unseat him by force. To mollify Jiaohua he was given the concession of being styled as a king rather than prince. They also agreed to change Guangbei to Canpei which was the northern pronunciation of the name. The separatist currents would also become fully fledged political parties and one from their number would be elected prime minister after an election of by all adult males in the territory. Jiaohua proclaimed Canpei an independent nation shortly after the 1946 [[Glorious Revolt]] that unseated Emperor [[Hongli]] and ended the Qian dynasty. | The Society for the restoration of Liang and the Kurultai of Degei tribes agitated against [[Daxia]]'s entry into the [[Second Great War]] and produced a program that outlined increased funding for Guangebi, linguistic and cultural rights and evacuation of Qian forces, except police. A delegation of both groups bypassed the Prince of Guangbei and took the petition before the imperial court, where it was summarily refused. Back in Guangbei the government of Prince Jiaohua was preoccupied with staying in power as the realization that the Qian court was not about to provide any more than the little it was giving already. Prince Jiaohua resolved that if the central government was not doing anything to suppress the separatists, he could not really be blamed if he ended up making an agreement with them. A monarchy ruling over a multiethnic state was a more appetizing prospect than being kicked out of Brink by force or worse. Envoys of the separatist compact and the prince met at several conclaves to negotiate the terms of the transformation of the province into an entity independent of the Qian. The prince's insistence on being more than a constitutional monarch was a snag in the negotiation process which was only resolved when the separatists threatened to unseat him by force. To mollify Jiaohua he was given the concession of being styled as a king rather than prince. They also agreed to change Guangbei to Canpei which was the northern pronunciation of the name. The separatist currents would also become fully fledged political parties and one from their number would be elected prime minister after an election of by all adult males in the territory. Jiaohua proclaimed Canpei an independent nation shortly after the 1946 [[Glorious Revolt]] that unseated Emperor [[Hongli]] and ended the Qian dynasty. | ||
The military junta led by [[Dai Hanjian]] and [[Qiu Heng]] that took over from the Qian were not particularly impressed with the claim of independence but they were fully preoccupied by the internal powder keg that was [[Daxia]]. The junta agreed to extend recognition to Canpei's independence provided the correspondent part of the national debt was assumed, Qian national treasures in Canpei were returned and local ethnic [[Daxia]]ns were respected and given positions in the government. Once these conditions were either met or codified, the recognition and establishment of relations were inaugurated with a ceremony in [[Brink]] in 1948. Letters written by [[Qiu Heng]] have revealed that the recognition of Canpei was meant to be a temporary arrangement, the territory was to be retaken when it proved convenient. | The military junta led by [[Dai Hanjian]] and [[Qiu Heng]] that took over from the Qian were not particularly impressed with the claim of independence but they were fully preoccupied by the internal powder keg that was [[Daxia]]. The junta agreed to extend recognition to Canpei's independence provided the correspondent part of the national debt was assumed, Qian national treasures in Canpei were returned and local ethnic [[Daxia]]ns were respected and given positions in the government. Once these conditions were either met or codified, the recognition and establishment of relations were inaugurated with a ceremony in [[Brink]] in 1948. Letters written by [[Qiu Heng]] have revealed that the recognition of Canpei was meant to be a temporary arrangement, the territory was to be retaken when it proved convenient. 21st century [[Daxia]]n authors refer to reincorporating Canpei as the 'forgotten national cause', a desirable patriotic objective but never important enough to truly galvanize the government and public to work towards achieving it. | ||
====Republic of Canpei==== | ====Republic of Canpei==== | ||
The arrangement and pact between forces that held until independence did not last long after it. By 1948 King Jiaohua chafed at having to answer to a parliament and its control over his finances, while the groups represented in parliament distrusted the king who had once been a loyal pawn of the Qian, and also distrusted one another. A brief battle erupted in 1950 that resulted in the deposal of king Jiaohua and his exile back to [[Daxia]] where kept a mini court as the 'rightful King of Canpei' until he ran out of money and died in obscurity. In response to the dismantling of the monarchy, [[Daxia]] claimed that Canpei's continuing existence was a legal fiction, as no agreement had been signed with another republic. Prime minister Wen Yishi of the Tiao National Congress who rose to run the new republic in a broad coalition with the Degei People's Party and the Ruralism Union, feared an invasion was imminent and tried to prepare Canpei's ragtag defenses. In any case it proved that noise was all the [[Daxia]]ns were interested in, as [[Qiu Heng]] had reorganized the government and was running in the first ever democratic election; Canpei and its 'toy independence' was a useful punching bag with the electorate. As president [[Qiu Heng]] secured from Canpei's government the assent to establish military bases on its territory, using the specter of intervention if refused, as happened in [[Rusana]] during the [[the Little Incursion]]. | The arrangement and pact between forces that held until independence did not last long after it. By 1948 King Jiaohua chafed at having to answer to a parliament and its control over his finances, while the groups represented in parliament distrusted the king who had once been a loyal pawn of the Qian, and also distrusted one another. A brief battle erupted in 1950 that resulted in the deposal of king Jiaohua and his exile back to [[Daxia]] where kept a mini court as the 'rightful King of Canpei' until he ran out of money and died in obscurity. In response to the dismantling of the monarchy, [[Daxia]] claimed that Canpei's continuing existence was a legal fiction, as no agreement had been signed with another republic. Prime minister Wen Yishi of the Tiao National Congress who rose to run the new republic in a broad coalition with the Degei People's Party and the Ruralism Union, feared an invasion was imminent and tried to prepare Canpei's ragtag defenses. In any case it proved that noise was all the [[Daxia]]ns were interested in, as [[Qiu Heng]] had reorganized the government and was running in the first ever democratic election; Canpei and its 'toy independence' was a useful punching bag with the electorate. As president [[Qiu Heng]] secured from Canpei's government the assent to establish military bases on its territory, using the specter of intervention if refused, as happened in [[Rusana]] during the [[the Little Incursion]]. | ||