In ancient times, in such a situation, the court would allocate money to help the victims. Setting up a porridge shed is the most common method, that is, providing free food for the victims. There were times of famine during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, He Kun threw sand into the porridge in front of everyone to eliminate the disaster, and immediately the civil and military officials shouted insults. However, in the long queue of victims, some people left swearing, and some people were still waiting for alms with bowls. After a long time, it can be seen that the victims who really need help are left behind, and those who want to fish in troubled waters are left when they see the sand.
Xiao Shenyang is indeed a big corrupt official, but he is also a principled person. He once set himself three rules, called? Three don't accept? The first is not to accept money from imperial examinations (in order to select real talents for the imperial court), the second is not to embezzle money from victims (after all, it is life-saving money), and the third is not to accept money that you can't do. Therefore, Xiao Shenyang's move is to screen out a group of people who really need help. After all, the real victims can't even afford to eat at ordinary times, and they don't care if there is sand in the porridge.
Secondly, small Shenyang added sand to the porridge to prevent the victims from wolfing down delicious rice porridge after a long period of hunger, thus causing harm. You know, after a long period of hunger, eating a lot will cause very serious damage to the stomach, and in a few cases, it will even lead to gastric dilatation or gastric rupture, which will be life-threatening. There is sand in porridge, people will eat it without knowing its taste, and they can't swallow it, and the same is true of this one in Shenyang.