 On September 1, 84 of the 91 members in the Guangzhou parliament elected Sun Yat-sen as the generalissimo.They selected the leaders of the National Protection War Tang Jiyao of the Yunnan clique and Lu Rongting of the Old Guangxi clique as marshals, Wu Tingfang as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tang Shaoyi as the Minister of Finance (abstained), Cheng Biguang as the Naval Minister, and Hu Hanmin as the Minister of Communications.Sun Yat-sen inaugurated on September 10, and appointed Li Liejun as the Chief of Staff, as the Commander of the Guards, Xu Chongzhi as staff officer and Chen Jiongming as the Commander of the First Army.