Minister of Beiyang's (北洋通商大臣) position was to be hold by the Viceroy of Zhili.
Chinese cruiser Laiyuan (來遠), armoured cruiser of the Beiyang Fleet during the Qing Dynasty
In 1905 Sa Zhenbing was appointed Admiral-in-Chief of the Beiyang, Nanyang and Guangdong Fleets, tasked with rebuilding the Imperial Chinese Navy after the defeat during the First Sino-Japanese War.
He graduated Beiyang Police High School, after that successively held governors of several counties in Zhili.
Hubei independent forces ceased to be a serious threat to Beiyang power in Hubei.
Chinese cruiser Yangwei, a late Qing-dynasty warship with the Beiyang Fleet