Although the Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty is notorious in history, but posterity has always been very curious about her wild history rumors, as a noble person with no background and no family lineage, she climbed step by step to the top of the power of the patriarchal society, which has to be said that Cixi is a very skillful and lucky person, she has enjoyed all her life of glory and wealth, food, clothing, housing and transportation are exquisite to the peak, even when going to the toilet, she must let the palace women wait with warm water, which is really incredible.
In the late Qing Dynasty, the country's internal and external troubles, the life of the people was very difficult, even a full meal could not afford to eat, it can be said that the people do not talk about life, but Cixi had to eat more than a hundred dishes a meal, she spent a year alone to account for half of the Qing Dynasty's financial revenue, and she was very fond of beauty and paid attention to maintenance, so the Costumes and jewelry were countless, many ministers in order to do their bidding, with the strength of the whole country to recruit good things in the world for her, the most exaggerated thing is that Cixi embezzled the military expenses of the Beiyang Marine Division in order to hold a birthday feast for herself.
Because she did not know the sufferings of the people, So Cixi has always lived in the dream of the Heavenly Dynasty and the Kingdom of Heaven and does not want to wake up, whenever there is an imperialist power invasion, Cixi will immediately cut the land and pay compensation, "measure the material resources of China, and tie the happiness of the country" is what Empress Dowager Cixi said without shame, but of course, these money will not be paid by the imperial court, but will increase taxes and servitude, making the people more miserable, the qing dynasty ruler's fainting and decay, and finally let the innocent people pay the bill, no wonder everyone mentioned her with grief.
In ancient times, because of low productivity, so the toilet has always been a headache, many folk dry toilet hygiene situation is worrying, but Cixi will not have such a problem when going to the toilet, she uses a toilet made of sandalwood, the fragrance is incomparable, and every time she goes to the toilet, there will be many palace people around to serve and incense for her, and Cixi will also let a palace girl wait with warm water in the mouth next to her, only because she thinks that the tissue is not soft enough.
We all know that in the past paper has always been a luxury, the cotton paper used by Cixi has been very precious and very soft, the people can not afford to use paper towels in their lives, only branches or leaves can be used when going to the toilet, but Cixi still dislikes the paper towels are uncomfortable, so every time it is convenient, let the palace women's mouths evenly spray warm water on the cotton paper, at this time the paper towels will be softer, and she will be more comfortable and clean when she uses them.