Chiang also had a plan to "defer" to the scholar Hu Shi and leave the presidency to Hu, while Chiang himself would hold real power as the premier. This idea came to naught because of opposition to Hu-who was not in the KMT-from KMT heavyweights.
甚至蔣介石還曾有意「禮讓」胡適先生出任中華民國行憲後的第一任總統，自願屈居行政院長以掌握實權；可惜因為胡適先生是無黨籍，遭到國民黨內大老一致反對而作罷。