Not surprisingly, this system led to constant power struggles between President Yuan and successive premiers. Even Tang Shao-yi, an old friend of Yuan's who was the first premier under the system, resigned in anger after Yuan issued executive orders without respecting the cabinet's power of approval.
果然袁大總統和內閣總理之間的權力衝突不斷，第一任總理唐紹儀雖是袁世凱的多年老友，卻也因袁世凱沒有尊重他的內閣副署權、擅自發佈命令忿而辭職。