My British Empire

Chapter 339 Bathing Exercise

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Although the administrator's eyes were cloudy, the sudden turn of his head still surprised the rest of the people.

"Of course, of course!" Everyone nodded, their hair was a little disheveled.

The administrator just smiled, then turned his head away, and continued to walk his own steps.

Two years ago, that is, three years after the introduction of the New Deal, our King wanted to test the results of this reform, and to change the customs of England.

First of all, we have to make it clear that Europeans don't like to take a bath, this is a fake.

The upper-class nobles and priests in Europe have always liked to take a bath. In the early Middle Ages, the nobles still maintained this good habit.

However, the spread of the Black Death has made the whole of Europe more and more afraid of bathing.

One is religious, in order to maintain the chastity of the body, so as to dedicate more devoutly to God. This is usually related to religion, and there are fewer nobles and commoners.

However, there are still some, such as the later Queen Victoria, who claims to be the queen of European grandmothers.

I haven’t bathed for decades, and I was finally canonized. I was also drunk.

Secondly, in the late Middle Ages, when Genghis Khan’s westward march, the Mongols not only brought war, but also brought the Black Death to Europe in order to siege, massacre, and unscrupulously throw animal carcasses to pollute water sources.

This virus relapsed every few decades, tormenting Western Europeans to death.

But it allowed them to develop the ability to be invulnerable to all poisons, and even used this feature to learn from Genghis Khan, and instead slaughtered Indians, hundreds of people conquered an empire of millions.

After being tortured for hundreds of years, Europeans suddenly believed that water brought the Black Death (this is true, Genghis Khan threw dead bodies into rivers and wells to attack the city).

But people must drink water! Otherwise they will all die.

But the activity of bathing can be avoided! You won't die if you don't take a bath, even if your body stinks, it's better than death!

So, from top to bottom, Europe has started a model of not taking a bath all year round, and is even proud of it.

The third point is also a religious factor.

Because *** often fasted and bathed, and Turkey was very powerful at that time, looking like it was going to swallow the Christian world, and those Mediterranean regions, as the front line, naturally became more and more nervous.

And this is, one of the ways to distinguish Christians from prostitutes is to see if the body is relatively clean.

In order to prevent being mistaken for ***, civilians in the Mediterranean region naturally abandoned the custom of bathing.

Moreover, the church also believes that taking a bath is easy to produce desires, and as a Christian, one should abstain from sex, and there should be no such way as taking a bath that violates the holy law.

They believe that hot baths tend to make people overly comfortable and make people ** (this is fart).

Especially the public bathhouse, which had a direct relationship with the general health care at that time, after all, mixed bathing was very convenient for gods to fight.

In the 13th century, there were special guys who walked all over the streets and alleys of Paris to invite people to steam baths and bathtubs. These establishments were very common in Paris at that time, reaching 26 in 1292. The operation of steam rooms and tubs became an industry and entered everyday life.

—Showers were so popular that a steam bath was a common reward for some artisans, servants, and day laborers. "The royal family gave Jean Petit and other valets a day's annual leave to take a steam bath, and it cost a total of 108 sous." bed. — "Life and Labor in Medieval Europe" [France] P Boissonna

It can be said that, as a modern person, our Majesty the King clearly stated in the newly printed Bible, under the guise of a sage, that the Black Death was not caused by bathing, but came from rats.

As for which saint said it, Edward said that it has been dead for hundreds of years. Who knows if you said it or not?

Anyway, it's on your head, and you can't escape.

In addition, Edward, in the name of the head of state religion, required priests from all over England to give detailed explanations to civilians.

In addition to religious aspects, Edward asked the Privy Council to draft a decree in the Privy Council, requiring major cities to build large-scale cities with the standard of one public bathroom per thousand people.

In this way, starting from religion and administration, the whole of England launched a vigorous bathing movement.

According to the statistics of some scholars, in London alone, two public bathrooms have been established in every thousand-household district, and the number of public bathrooms in London has reached 72.

"Since last year, the whole city suddenly seems to have changed a group of people. The original citizens have all changed their appearance. Whether it is a skinny poor man or a rich businessman with a big belly, they are all so clean and cheerful at this time. I even have some doubts. To the Kingdom of God!"

"At this moment, people's appearance suddenly became unified.

If you ignore their clothes, they are no different, and it will be more and more difficult to identify them! "

"At this time, I suddenly realized that the difference in identity is no longer an abyss, but a piece of clothing!"

"Although I still think that most of the young His Majesty's actions are wrong, but this time, it is rare to be right!"

From Oxford University, a scholar of reputation in England, described it in his diary.

Of course, the shower movement has not been all smooth sailing.

In this world, there are still pious believers in Christ, including the elites of those societies—nobility.

For example, such a letter of protest appeared in front of Edward.

Behind it, there is a large list of signatures. The entire thirty-nine counties of England, each county has a signature on it.

If you don't know the real lover, if you see this so-called petition letter, which is actually a protest letter, you will probably turn pale with shock.

Even the king cannot offend the elites of the country, which symbolizes that the rule is in jeopardy.

However, if you take a look, you may be dumbfounded.

The content of such a protest letter has only one central idea, which is to end this nationwide bathing movement.

The dire consequences would be that it would cost lives and money, or that the Black Death would easily break out again, or cause God’s dissatisfaction. These words were repeated over and over again.

Regarding this, Edward was having a headache. This was the first time since he succeeded to the throne that he felt the oppression of the elite, and it was for such a weird reason.

The previous religious reforms, wars, taxation, and even local system reforms, these elites were indifferent, but the mere bathing movement was protested in less than two years.

This made Edward really dumbfounded.

(end of this chapter)

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