If a true cabinet system had been established, there would certainly have been bitter power struggles between Song, whose KMT commanded a parliamentary majority, and Yuan, who did not have any party organization. Unwilling to either withdraw or cooperate, Yuan simply hired killers who assassinated Song in the Shanghai train station.
宋教仁如果依內閣制精神出任總理，可以想見無黨籍的強勢總統、和國民黨籍的國會多數黨總理間，將會爆發激烈的權力爭奪戰，於是袁世凱一不做、二不休，乾脆買通殺手，將宋教仁刺殺於上海車站！