Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-4923787-20130719015425/@comment-4923787-20130802115719

I've been trying for Viceroys of Shaan-Gan and Zhili, because of Luoyang and Xi'an. Not original, but they have been capitals longer than other cities, and are major cultural sites in China. Plus, if the powerbase is in the surrounding provinces, notably in Gansu, they'd have control of important trade routes, and the potential of retaking the western provinces.

Yuan Shikai was Viceroy of Zhili from 1901-1908...

And there didn't seem to be any Viceroy in Shaan-Gan since the 1880s.