Duan promised Feng's ally, Cao Kun, the vice presidency but the Communications Clique and the Research Clique opposed it and preferred to give it to a figure in the renegade South as a token of reconciliation.
Duan promised Feng's ally, Cao Kun, the vice presidency but the Communications Clique and the Research Clique opposed it after newspapers reported that Cao lavished enormous amounts of money on a prostitute. They also preferred to give it to a figure in the renegade South as a token of reconciliation.