Write a realistic, plausible alternate history scenario in the form of a history book chapter completely set in the world of the alternate history scenario with absolutely no references to real life, OTL or that this is even an alternate history timeline at all, in which the stratocratic [military dominated/military governed], a bicameral national legislature divided into a Senate and House of Representatives known as the National Assembly having Beiyang Government ruling [the Beiyang Government] over the sixteen provinces of Han in the China region excluding the Cantonese dominated Guangdong and Guangxi, which [Guangdong and Guangxi] both [Guangdong and Guangxi] came under the rule of the Kuomingtang-ruled Nationalist China sometime in 1914, [the Beiyang Government ruling over the sixteen provinces of Han] since the  October 10, 1911 – February 12, 1912 Xinhai Revolution that [the Xinhai Revolution] toppled the Manchu Imperial House of Aisin-Gioro-ruled, Manchu dominated Great Qing Empire and [the Xinhai Revolution] subsequently made the Beiyang Government as the post-1912, pre-1915 and post-1916, pre-1928 presidential parliamentary republic of the first Republic of China the government [the Beiyang Government as the first Republic of China] of the 16 provinces of Han after the Qing collapse as the short-lived Empire of China founded [the Empire of China] and [the Empire of China] lead[the Empire of China] by [the Empire of China's founder who was also its leader] the top dog in the Qing military before the Xinhai Revolution and rising star in the Beiyang Government as the first Republic of China after the Xinhai Revolution who then became the first Republic of China's first Great President, being in office from 1912-1915 until he dissolved the first Republic of China and made the Beiyang Government into the Empire of China with himself as its first Emperor, reigning under the combined era and regal name Hongxian [Promote the Constitution] Yuan Shikai, [the Beiyang Government as the Empire of China founded and lead by Yuan Shikai as the Hongxian Emperor of Han China] from [how long the Beiyang Government as the Empire of China lasted for] 12 December 1915-22 March 1916 before his [Shikai's] death sometime in 1916, [the Beiyang Government as the Empire of China], before [the Beiyang Government] reverting [the Beiyang Government] to [what the Beiyang Government reverted to] the first Republic of China after Yuan Shikai dissolved the Empire of China sometime before his [Shikai's] death in 1916, [the Beiyang Government as the first Republic of China after the Empire of China was dissolved] lasting [the Beiyang Government as the first Republic of China after the Empire of China was dissolved] until [how long the Beiyang Government as the first Republic of China after the Empire of China was dissolved lasted for] 1928, [the Beiyang Government as the Empire of China] survives post-1916 into the rest of the 20th century into the 21th century and beyond, [the Beiyang Government as the Empire of China] never reverting [the Beiyang Government as the Empire of China] to the first Republic of China even after 1916 and Shikai's death due to [why the Beiyang Government as the Empire of China survives post-1916 into the rest of the 20th century into the 21th century and beyond],  the influence of the Xinhai Revolution itself having started out as a movement to restore the Ming as the government of a post-Qing China, the existing strong Ming monarchist, Ming restorationist and Ming revivalist sentiment among the Chinese people along with the influence of the Ming restorationist romanticist millerian, adhering to Militant self-defense and tax resistance, heterodox traditional Chinese folk religion in addition to Ming restorationist romanticist monarchism, rural secret society and folk religious sect based in Northern Han China's provinces of Henan, Shandong, Hebei, the Yellow Sand Society, the renmants of the the syncretic religious and political movement which forecasts the imminent advent of the "King of Light", i.e., the future Buddha Maitreya, along with a hybrid movement of Buddhism and Manichaeism that emphasised Maitreya teachings and strict vegetarianism; its permission for men and women to interact freely was considered socially shocking appealing to many Han Chinese who found solace in the worship of the mother goddess in Chinese religion and mythology, also worshipped in neighbouring Asian countries, and attested from ancient times, Queen Mother of the West, which had helped the founding ruler of the Ming dynasty and thus the Ming dynasty's first royal imperial monarch, Zhu Yuanzhang, [Yuanzhang] having the combined regal and era name of [Yuanzhang's combined era and regal name] Hongwu to conquer much of China from around 1352-1371 but was later suppressed by the members of the Imperial House of Zhu ruling over the Ming dynasty as Emperors of Han China respectively over the centuries, the White Lotus Sect ,and the White Lotus' daughter organization, the Chinese fraternal organization and historically a secretive folk religious sect founded to resist the rule of the Qing over the eighteen provinces of Han, with goals of Ming restorationism, which later became a massive crime syndicate in both East Asia and the world after the 1911-1912 Xinhai Revolution that toppled the Qing the post-1761 Heaven and Earth Society, [the Heaven and Earth Society] better known as the Triads, [the influence of the Yellow Sand Society, the White Lotus Sect and the Heaven and Earth Society] leading to the descendants of the Ming dynasty's reigning imperial family, the Imperial House of Zhu, being selected as the Beiyang Government as the Empire of China's reigning imperial family when the Beiyang Government is formally changed from the first Republic of China to the Empire of China via an unanimous election at the National Assembly on 11 December 1915, confirmed as the Beiyang Government as the Empire of China's reigning imperial family when the Beiyang Government is declared as the Empire of China on 12 December 1915, and formally enthroned as the Beiyang Government as the Empire of China's reigning imperial family when the enthronement rites for the Beiyang Government's as the Empire of China first unitary constitutional parliamentary imperial monarchial royal head ruling over China as the Emperor of Han China ascends the dragon throne on 1 January 1916, instead of Yuan Shikai using the transformation of the Empire of China to declare himself Emperor of Han China unlike in real life.

Thus, the post-1916, post-1920 Beiyang Government faction/Chinese military junta/Chinese warlord clique of the Anhui Clique lead [the Anhui Clique] and [the Anhui Clique] founded [the Anhui Clique] by Duan Qirui, the Anhui Clique's political wing, [the Anhui Clique's political wing] the political organization in Beiyang Government-ruled Han China that was a collective of senators, representatives and government bureaucrats who had their own party roles and positions which mirrored that of the Beiyang Government, with its official goal being to generate public policy, both foreign and internal, with their well-known foreign policies was the club's diplomacy with Japan, overall, the club's policy to Japan was largely friendly, but with the knowledge that Japan did not have the best interests of both China and the Beiyang Government in mind, not having an official ideology but frequently making use of socialist rhetoric and watered down policies, such as the passing of progressive laws making Sunday a holiday, creating safety regulations for factories and compulsory pensions for workers, [the Anhui Clique's political wing] the Anfu Club, the Anhui Clique's financial wing, [the Anhui Clique's financial wing] the powerful interest group of politicians, bureaucrats, technocrats, businessmen, engineers, and labour unionists in the Beiyang Government, running on the Beiyang Government's National Assembly on a platform of modernization, training programs and better working conditions for its rail workers, even supporting their strikes against local warlords, [the Anhui Clique's financial wing] the Communications Clique, along with the remnants and descendants of the leaders of the constitionalist, statist, Han monarchist, Han nationalist, Chinese nationalist, ultranationalist and militarist, having a policy of nationalism with strong central government, liberty through the rule of law, and peaceful foreign policy of the Research Clique, [the Anhui Clique, its political arm of the Anfu Club and its financial wing known as the Communications Clique] never [the Anhui Clique, its political arm of the Anfu Club and its financial wing known as the Communications Clique] break away [the Anhui Clique, its political arm of the Anfu Club and its financial wing known as the Communications Clique] from the main branch of the Beiyang Government ruling over Han China after the main branch of the Beiyang Government ruling over Han China transitions from the first Republic of China to the Empire of China unlike real life due to the descendants of the Imperial House of Zhu being the Empire of China's reigning imperial family instead of Yuan Shikai using the transformation of the Empire of China to declare himself Emperor of Han China unlike in real life.

The post-1913, pre-1916 Chinese nationalist, monarchist, more specifically Chinese monarchist and Han monarchist, conservative, constitutionalist, statist Chinese political party in the Beiyang Government of the Republic of China and then political association after Yuan Shikai banned political parties in Beiyang Government-ruled Han China of the Research Clique never turns against the main branch of the Beiyang Government ruling over Han China after the main branch of the Beiyang Government ruling over Han China transitions from the first Republic of China to the Empire of China unlike real life due to the descendants of the Imperial House of Zhu being the Empire of China's reigning imperial family instead of Yuan Shikai using the transformation of the Empire of China to declare himself Emperor of Han China unlike in real life either.

The Anhui Clique not breaking away from the main branch of the Beiyang Government ruling over Han China after the main branch of the Beiyang Government ruling over Han China transitions from the first Republic of China to the Empire of China unlike real life due to the descendants of the Imperial House of Zhu being the Empire of China's reigning imperial family instead of Yuan Shikai using the transformation of the Empire of China to declare himself Emperor of Han China in this timeline and the Research Clique not turning against the main branch of the Beiyang Government ruling over Han China after the main branch of the Beiyang Government ruling over Han China transitions from the first Republic of China to the Empire of China unlike real life due to the descendants of the Imperial House of Zhu being the Empire of China's reigning imperial family instead of Yuan Shikai using the transformation of the Empire of China to declare himself Emperor of Han China unlike in real life either allows the Empire of China to stabilize itself and modernize its institutions after its formation, and subsequently prevents the 25 December 1915 – 14 July 1916 Chinese civil war of the National Protection War between the Beiyang Government as the Empire of China and the Kuomingtang-ruled Nationalist China in Guangdong and Guangxi, as Sun Yat-sen's consolidation of power in Nationalist China is seen as being dangerously similar to Yuan Shikai's attempted seizure of Emperorship in this timeline.

The Triads then have Yat-sen killed in Guangxi's capital of Nanning, ensuring that Nationalist China remains in Guangdong and Guangxi and never gains ambitions of conquering the Qing territory.

The descendants of the Imperial House of Zhu being the Empire of China's reigning imperial family instead of Yuan Shikai using the transformation of the Empire of China to declare himself Emperor of Han China in this timeline prevents the 1916-1928 modern warlord era of Chinese history that occurred after Shikai dissolved the Empire of China and died soon after in this timeline due to the desire of the Chinese people to have a restored Ming dynasty as the government of a post-Qing China, the Anhui Clique staying within the  main branch of the Beiyang Government ruling over Han China after the main branch of the Beiyang Government ruling over Han China transitions from the first Republic of China to the Empire of China unlike real life, the Empire of China in this timeline being ruled by the descendants of the Imperial House of Zhu in this timeline, thus fulfilling the goal of the Xinhai Revolution, and the Empire of China being confined to the sixteen provinces of Han excluding Guangdong, Guangxi and also not having Manchuria, East Turkestan, Tibet, Tuva, Inner and Outer Mongolia and Yunnan or the Qing stronghold and homebase of Manchuria in this timeline, Nationalist China eventually evolving into an independent Cantonese Republic due to Yat-sen's earlier death allowing the post-1912, pre-1920 pro-Cantonese independence, pro-Cantonese nationalist Nationalist Government faction/Chinese warlord clique/Chinese military junta of the Old Guangxi Clique to take over Nationalist China and redirect Nationalist Chinese efforts from conquering Han China Manchuria, East Turkestan, Tibet, Tuva, Inner and Outer Mongolia, Manchuria and Yunnan into building a united Cantonese identity.