But less than a year later, Cao Kun, who was anxious to make himself president, employed criminal gangs to force Li to resign and flee for his life.
然而不到一年，急於登上大總統寶座的曹錕按捺不住，又雇用了大批流氓，使出逼宮、劫車、索印等手段，迫使黎元洪倉促「辭職」逃亡。