Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe ntọala nke Republic of China, na 1913 Zhengzhou gbanwere site na ịbụ mpaghara a na-achịkwa site na isi obodo, (直隶州"zhílìzhōu"), na Zhengzhou County (). N'afọ 1920, ndị omebe iwu nke Henan tụrụ aro ka e hiwe ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri na-azụ ahịa n'obodo ahụ, mgbe ahụ na February 1923, ụgbọ okporo ígwè Jinguan kwụsịrị n'oge ndị Kọmunist na-eduzi "27 Major Strike" (), nke sitere na Zhengzhou mana edozi ya ngwa ngwa. N'ọnwa Machị n'afọ ahụ, ọgbakọ gọọmentị nke gọọmentị Beiyang kwadoro ka e guzobe ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri azụmahịa na Zhengzhou ma guzobe ụlọ ọrụ gọọmentị azụmahịa iji na-agba ya. Ka ọ na-erule afọ 1927, akwụkwọ akụkọ "Travel Magazine" (nke e hiwere ọhụrụ) nke a na-ebipụta na Shanghai, na-akọwaworị Zhengzhou dị ka 'isi obodo ukwu dị n'ebe ugwu China.' Onye isi agha Feng Yuxiang buliri Zhengzhou n'ọkwa obodo n'afọ 1928, mgbe ahụ na 1931, mgbe esemokwu agha dị n'etiti Chiang Kai-shek, Yan Xishan na Feng n'oge Agha Central Plains, Zhengzhou ghọrọ otu obodo ọzọ. N'oge Agha nke Abụọ nke China na Japan, na June 9, 1938, iji kwụsị ọganihu ndị agha Japan na-aga n'ihu n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ n'akụkụ okporo ụzọ Longhai, ndị agha KMT nke ndị KMT kpochapụrụ dike ndị dị n'akụkụ ndịda nke Osimiri Yellow na Huayuankou () na-akpata ndị agha Japan.
Iju Mmiri Osimiri Yellow nke 1938