任何政治统治的维持必须以合法性作为基础。按照马克斯·韦伯的理解，所谓合法性表现为社会对政治统治的信仰和认同。北洋时期的各派军阀为保证自己的政治统治，无不希望在合法性问题上做出考虑。然终其统治，这种合法性却始终未能建立起来，于是出现了大小军阀纷争不断的政治 The maintenance of any political rule must be based on legitimacy. According to Max Weber’s understanding, the so-called legitimacy is manifested in society’s belief in and belief in political rule. In order to guarantee their own political rule, all the warlords in the Beiyang all wanted to consider the issue of legality. However, after its rule, this legitimacy has not been able to be established. As a result, there has been a constant struggle between the warlords and the warlords