Facing an uncertain fate, and caught between the northern and southern governments, parliamentarians were unable to hold meaningful sessions, nor could they collect any regular salaries, so it is no surprise that these early parliamentarians, many idealistic to start with, ended up giving in to temptation. There is nothing new under the sun about intellectuals being sullied by the realities of hard-nosed politics.
何況國會運途多舛，議員們夾在南北兩個政府間老是開不成什麼會、領不到什麼錢，才使得原本不乏理想色彩的民初議員為錢折腰，政治現實糟蹋知識份子的人格，古今皆然。