The so-called congressional petition was a political movement advocated by constitutionalists in the late Qing Dynasty.

They hoped that the Qing court would quickly open a democratically elected parliament and implement a cabinet system, but the Regent Zaifeng delayed it. He first agreed with the constitutionalists for nine years, and then three years in advance, and the Congress would not be established until the fifth year of the Xuantong reign.

As the situation at home and abroad develops worse and worse, constitutionalists have always been stubborn about the founding of the Congress, and the scale of several petitions has become larger and larger each time.

This involves a lot of power struggles and the distribution of interests.

Although there is no major turmoil in the country now, the invisible struggle has not decreased at all.

Bureaucrats from all over the country were desperately seeking separatism, and various factions in the court fought against each other. If the court had not been able to control the six towns in Beiyang, they would have been rebelled long ago.

But even so, it is now on the verge of detonation.

Once someone takes action to break the balance, the whole situation will explode instantly.

This is also the reason why Wu He is sure that Zaifeng cannot kill him. Wu He himself is not a small character. He is a major official in the court and a strong supporter of the Regent.

As long as Zaifeng was not killed, it would be impossible to do such a self-destructive thing.

Wu Xuanzhi and Wu He rode a steamer and headed east along the Yangtze River.

The influence of summer floods has not yet completely dissipated, and the fields on both sides of the strait are deserted and there is no population at all. Some cities along the river, which were originally well-developed and densely populated, are now depressed.

The whole era seems to be gray.

Almost everyone's face was filled with numbness and dullness.

It was not until their ships arrived in Jinling that the situation improved. When they arrived in Shanghai, the whole world was completely changed and became lively and prosperous.

Wu Xuanzhi and his team stayed in Jinling for two days. After repairing, they set off again and headed north along the sea route.

In fact, it didn't take so long to delay, but Wu He was a rank-up official after all. When officials in Shanghai heard that he was staying here, they came up to visit him.

Although Shanghai opened its own money and became prosperous due to the large number of concessions, it was still under the jurisdiction of Songjiang Prefecture, and the highest-level officials here were much lower than Wu He.

On the third day after leaving Shanghai, the ship finally docked in Tianjin.

Officials near Tianjin had already been receiving support from the dock. Amid the team of dozens of people, Wu Xuanzhi and others entered Tianjin City.

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Tianjin City has been prosperous for many years.

Because of the pier, the whole city is extremely prosperous.

Even though the flood caused countless chaos in various places, it seemed that it did not affect this at all.

The vast and crowded streets, crowds of people, hawking one after another...

Compared with this place, although Rongcheng is the capital of central Sichuan, it is far behind this place.

This is a very rare vibrant city in this country, at least on the surface. Although the people are still poor and in poverty, at least they will not starve to death on a large scale.

"Mr. Wu, the official of the government has ordered a banquet for you at Songhe Tower. Please give me a gift." The prefect of Tianjin led the way in front, with a bright smile on his face.

Although the prefect of Tianjin is not as good as the prefect of Shuntian, because of its special location, it is impossible to be so humble to a local governor.

But the two belong to the regent camp, and the prefect also knew that although this man was young, he was very respected by the regent. His future was limitless and he would definitely be one of the top officials in the court in the future.

"You are polite, then Wu is disrespectful."

Wu He bowed his hand but did not refuse. He never thought he was a great official and sneered at these social events.

Even though he is impatient in his heart many times, he will not show it on his face.

Songhe Tower is located next to Tianjin Bell and Drum Tower. It is five floors high and has an excellent location. Standing at the top, you can overlook the various places.

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