Can the gold medal awarded by the emperor in TV series really be exempted from death penalty?

In fact, the ancient gold medal from death was the iron coupon of Dan Shu at that time. But this iron roll of Dan Shu is not a certificate of exemption from death. It can only be regarded as a voucher for the emperor to reward some meritorious ministers at that time. He didn't escape death. The creator of the iron coupon of Dan Shu should be Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu. At that time, he used this volume of Dan book as a reward to win people's hearts, but it didn't actually play as big a role as expected.

Later, in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, other functions were added to the iron scroll of Dan Shu, which means that you can be exempted from all evidence except rebellion and rebellion. In fact, that is to say, as long as you don't commit the big crime of deceiving your monarch and rebelling, the iron circle can save your life, but only if all your official positions are confiscated and confiscated. But the Northern and Southern Dynasties were very turbulent, and the dynasties changed quickly. So this iron scroll of Dan Shu is just a decoration, and it can't really avoid your death. Think about it, how can you spare the emperor of another dynasty from your capital crime with the iron scroll of Dan Shu of this dynasty? Right? So I still used the iron roll of Dan Shu to win people's hearts!

Later, the emperors changed the previous cinnabar into gold, which became what people call a gold medal to avoid death! At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Taizu, also awarded many gold medals for escaping from the world, but several people who won these gold medals eventually died. Therefore, this gold medal from death is not really from death. That was just a way for the emperor to win the hearts of the people at that time.

At the same time, don't be too happy to get the gold medal of death, because it also means that your contribution is very huge, so you should consider whether you have contributed to the Lord! Isn't that what happened in Han Xin at that time? Finally, he rebelled, and Dan Shu Tiejuan didn't save his life. But Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang said he wouldn't kill him if he didn't kill him, because he let his queen Lu kill Han Xin with a trick.

To sum up, the gold medal from death is not really from death.