Empress Dowager Cixi was definitely a sinner for eternity, she liked to extravagantly squeeze the people's fat and people's anointing, and for her own selfish interests, she did not hesitate to lose the national treasury, not only accelerated the demise of the Qing Dynasty, but also signed various unequal treaties, so that China was saddled with the title of the sick man of East Asia. Empress Dowager Cixi has done countless wrong things, and the level of luxury in her life is even more unbelievable.
As we all know, the degree of technology in ancient times is far less developed than in modern times. There are many things that people use now that have not been invented at that time, such as the most common toilet paper in people's lives now. Even if Cixi was valuable, she didn't need toilet paper, and at that time, every time Cixi went to the toilet, she had to let the palace maid wait with warm water.
People eating grains and grains is naturally excreted, and neither the emperor nor the commoners can get rid of this. There must be an unpleasant smell when excreted, and Cixi does not like this smell of morbidity, so she does not want others to think that when she goes to the toilet, she will also emit the same unpleasant smell as ordinary people. In order to cover up this taste, Cixi lit a lot of aromatherapy next to her special toilet bucket and placed a lot of fruits.
Aromas and fruit aromas largely mask the taste of excrement. But this is not enough for Cixi, as the most honorable person in the whole Qing Dynasty, she not only has to go to the toilet environment to be beautiful and fragrant, but even the things that wipe her skin must be the best and best, and all of them must be perfect to be worthy of her identity.
Before the toilet paper was invented, ordinary people in ancient times still used wooden sticks, leaves, etc. as wipes after going to the toilet. But who was Cixi, she was the most honorable empress dowager of the Qing Dynasty, how could she allow the palace ladies and eunuchs to use such a bland and hard thing for her? At Cixi's request, the palace ladies invented special toilet paper for Cixi.
Although this kind of toilet paper is much easier to use than things such as wooden sticks, there are many disadvantages. Its biggest drawback is "hard", in fact, this hardness is nothing compared to the wiping tools used by civilians, but Cixi is pampered, she can't stand this level of toilet paper, so she thought of a good way to make a group of palace women water every time she goes to the toilet.
Modern people pay attention to privacy, and the bathrooms are set up in cubicles. However, Cixi was different, every time she went to the toilet battle, it was very large, not only li Lianying, a big eunuch who was placed to wipe her ass, but also other palace women and young eunuchs accompanied, serving around Cixi. Being stared at by such a group of people on the toilet will feel unaccustomed to it, but Cixi enjoys it.
Before each visit to the toilet, Cixi, accompanied by a group of palace women, would change into her special toilet clothes and then be helped by the palace maid to sit in front of her special toilet bucket. If you look closely, people will find that most of these palace ladies have their mouths closed because they all have water in their mouths, which is of great use to Cixi.
Cixi finished going to the toilet, Li Lianying waved a big hand, and the palace women immediately took out Cixi's toilet paper, but this was not to wipe Cixi's ass, only to see these palace women holding the toilet paper in their hands and spraying the water in their mouths without falling, until the toilet paper was soaked with water, and when it was soft, they handed it to Li Lianying, who served Cixi.
Yes, the use of these palace ladies is to become Cixi's artificial faucet, artificially wetting Cixi's toilet paper. This is extremely difficult for us modern people to understand, there are a lot of bacteria in the human mouth, and ancient people did not have toothpaste, toothbrush, the content of bacteria in their mouths must be higher, which is too dirty to accept.
But Cixi couldn't think about it so much, and not only was she not disgusted but she was very much in favor of this way. The mouths of these palace ladies were warm, and the water they had contained was warm even if it was sprayed on the paper, and the soft toilet paper that wiped the skin Cixi only felt very comfortable. When she got dressed and walked out of the toilet, soon a little eunuch took out her excrement and dumped it.
Cixi's toilet paper was used once, and it was not allowed to be used again next time. The fruit she placed in the toilet is also the same reason, if there is a little bit of decay, or it does not look fresh, it should be immediately taken out and replaced with a new one, don't look at Cixi's lack of concern for the government, for this kind of thing, she recognizes the truth, and will never allow anyone to make a mistake.
Once Cixi went to the toilet, she found that the fruit was a little not fresh, or the water sprayed by the palace maid was a little uneven, which made her feel uncomfortable, Cixi would be furious that she was not only not bitter about the strict requirements of the palace women in this regard, but also regarded this work as an honor, comparing with each other to see who did better.
It has to be said that the Qing Dynasty at that time was really too corrupt, and the incompetence and extravagance of the superiors seriously affected the lives of the subordinates. In order to please Cixi, these palace women will hold a contest to make toilet paper every once in a while, the purpose is to choose who makes the softest toilet paper, and the winning palace girl will not only be envied by many palace women but also praised by Cixi.
Cixi's graceful life has always been based on the suffering of the people. After becoming the ruler of the Qing Dynasty, Cixi brought the four words of wine pond meat forest to the fullest, and she liked the luxury of the Manchu han full table, which usually appeared only on important festivals, and Cixi often ate. In order to maintain her youth, she nourished her body with human milk, which led to many children having no milk to eat at that time.
For the entire Qing Dynasty, Cixi was a sinner who did not do evil, and in fact it was true that Cixi brought far more suffering to the country than it did to the closed country. Under her coercion, the eunuchs in the palace, the palace women, had undergone a great change in their thinking and became more and more sick. These people have lost their human rights and will only amuse Cixi.
In order to make herself comfortable in the toilet, Cixi constantly trained the palace maid to spray water on the toilet paper. If a palace maid did something wrong, or made Cixi feel unwell, she would immediately drag her down and beat her to death. This seriously endangered the human rights of the eunuchs.
But at that time, how could palace ladies and eunuchs be counted as human beings? For Cixi, they were nothing more than tools to wave and wave away. Cixi climbed from the original showgirl to the position of empress dowager step by step, and when she stepped into a high position step by step, she was used to pleasing others, so when he sat in that highest position, she also had to let others please her.
Judging from the entire historical situation, the demise of the Qing Dynasty was inevitable, and the emergence of Cixi only accelerated the occurrence of this situation. In Cixi's absurd life, it seems common to let the palace maid spray water on the toilet paper, but in the eyes of modern people, this is absurd and incomprehensible.
Cixi has been beautiful all her life, and it is ridiculous that at the last moment of Cixi's life, she actually left a last word, saying that in the future, women should not be allowed to listen to politics and eunuchs should not be allowed to take power. It can be seen that she still regretted it in the end, but it was already the end of the late Qing Dynasty, and she was unable to return to heaven after all.