 Nekufamba kwenguva, bato reRoyalist Party rakanyanya kuderedza mabasa aro kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweChina, uye nhengo shoma kwazvo dzaro pakati pavo paiva naPuwei naShen Zengjié dzakabatanidzwa mukuedza kwaZhang Xun kudzorera nechisimbaumambo hwaQing muna 1917. Shen akagadzwa Gurukota reDzidzo naZhang, asi apo kudzorerwa kwakakundikana, akasiya zvematongerwe enyika zvachose. Pashure pokupinda kweJapan muManchuria muna 1931, Puwei akazvizivisa somutungamiriri wesangano rokuzvimiririra reManchuria uye munhu aizoda kuva mutongi weManchukuo. Kunyange zvakadaro, vaJapan vakagadza Puyi kuti ave mukuru mukuru wehurumende akazova mambo wenyika itsva yacho. 