"Your Majesty's words are serious, which makes Your Majesty unhappy, and it is difficult to escape the blame for the death of the minister!" Sambus was already sweating profusely at this time, don't look at Qin Dong's words are extremely beautiful, but to Sambus's ears, this is simply a heart-wrenching word, he can't care about his previous plans at this time, under the rapid turn of his brain, he quickly decided to retreat to the second, that is, the official can continue to do it, but this territory and the guard can't be asked for it no matter what.

After thinking clearly, he hurriedly said: "Since His Majesty has the intention of fisting, even if the minister fights for his life, he will be loyal to His Majesty to the end, but he also asks the court to accept the minister's territory and the two thousand guards, as well as deprive the minister of the title of the king of the Southern Courtyard, the minister really can't bear this important responsibility, if not, it is really difficult for the minister to continue to be loyal to His Majesty!" ”

"You go back first, I have to think about it carefully!" Qin Dong thought for a long time before saying such a sentence and sent Sambus away.

The next morning, a eunuch escorted by a team of Praetorian Cavalry to the palace of the king of the southern courtyard of Sambus, holding high the banner of the emperor's envoys, and the eunuch's voice of a male duck sounded: "Under the holy decree of the emperor, the king of the southern courtyard Sambus receives the decree-".

The people of the palace immediately came out to their knees, and Sambus knelt in front of him, followed by his two sons, and then his wife.

The gist of the decree is to the effect that Sambus, the king of the Southern Courtyard, voluntarily handed over the ownership of the territory and the 2,000 guards of the royal palace to the imperial court, and Sambus is really concerned about the empire and has made outstanding contributions and examples to the unification and stability of the empire, from now on. The title of King of the Southern Court was abolished, and he was renamed King of Vinya, and those who succeeded to the throne by hereditary succession and descendants did not descend to the title. Sixty percent of the taxes paid in the city of Vinia belonged to the king of Vinya, which remained unchanged for eternity, and he was given the Iron Scroll Danshu, as long as the king of Vinya did not commit the great crime of deceitful and treason, and was exempted from all crimes, and promoted Sambus to the post of vice premier of the State Council, and assisted the emperor together with the prime minister and the other five vice prime ministers. Within forty-five days from the date of receipt of the decree, he shall go to the capital to take up his post in the State Council, and may leave a special person to supervise him in the palace of the king of Venia. As for Sambus's subordinate officials, they remained in office, and the positions of the officials did not change for the time being, and the ruling body of the Southern Courtyard was abolished, and Sambus's territory was divided into three provinces. The officials of the former Southern Yuan Grand Prince's Mansion will be assigned to the newly established three provincial governors' offices and the political envoys.

The Iron Scroll Danshu is a kind of certificate with the nature of rewards and covenants issued by the emperor to meritorious and important ministers. From the perspective of its origin, function, nature, etc., the iron coupon is the prototype of the medal. This thing has been around for a long time, at least in the Han Dynasty, but at that time, the Iron Scroll Danshu did not yet have promises such as freedom from death and crime.

The content of the iron scroll Danshu given by Qin Dong to Sambus has four aspects: first, the date of the coupon is written, and the name, official title, and land of the target Sambuth are written; the second is to record Sambus's meritorious achievements to the imperial court; third, the privileges granted by the emperor to Sambus and his successors, such as exempting him from death as long as he did not commit crimes such as rebellion and deceitful to the king; The fourth is the emperor's oath. According to the relevant laws of the court, the heroes, important ministers and their descendants who hold iron coupons. You can enjoy all kinds of privileges granted by the emperor.

Only half of the Iron Scroll Dan Book was given to Sambus, and it was originally a complete Iron Scroll. Before it was given, it was cut in half in the middle, half of which was left at the court for inspection, and the other half was given to Sambus, which was specially stipulated to prevent any counterfeiting.

"Deputy Prime Minister, get up, hahaha, my lord is so blessed, having this iron scroll Danshu is equivalent to being beyond the law!" When the eunuch had read the decree, he put it away, and gave it to Sambus, along with the iron scroll.

Sambus hurriedly handed over the holy decree and the iron plate to his son, and said to the eunuch who passed the decree: "Father-in-law has worked hard, please sit in the house!" ”

The eunuch was not polite, and entered the palace with Sambus. To say that although Sambus was born as a military general, his political wisdom is not ordinarily strong, he is a smart man, and he knows that his own occupation of this huge territory is really a big trouble for the imperial court, although he signed an agreement with the imperial court, but who can guarantee that the emperor and the imperial court will not find all kinds of excuses and charges for him to kill his head in the future, and eradicate this trouble? Now it has only been more than a year, and there are already ministers in the court who have begun to speak to the emperor, if the time is a little longer, I am afraid that it will be worse for him at that time, instead of living in fear all day long, it is better to hand over the territory, and not to be an official in the territory, and also not to have an exclusive guard.

Without the territory and military power, he has no threat to the court, at most he can only be regarded as a relatively rich man, of course, the emperor and the court have no need to deal with him, if he is like this, the emperor and the court will not let him go, so what will others think of this court and the emperor? Of course, the emperor and the imperial court will not fail to cherish the feathers and discredit their faces.

Sambus went to the palace the next morning to ask Qin Dong to thank him in person, in fact, Qin Dong himself was unwilling to engage in such a set of too cumbersome etiquette, but he decided to use etiquette to restrain the behavior of the people and wash away the barbaric atmosphere of the people, which was also a regulation formulated by the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple.

This time, Sambus was very relaxed when he saw Qin Dong, there was no pressure from before, and the whole person relaxed a lot, after all, he now has no threat to the imperial court, the military power of the guards has been handed over, the territory has also been handed over, and the Great King's Mansion of the Southern Courtyard has now become the Royal Mansion of Venia, and there is no administrative power.

Qin Dongla said as if he were homely: "This time you can understand the righteousness, I am very pleased, my will has been made, and the court has also made corresponding compensation, I and the court have not taken advantage of you, right?" ”

"No, no!" Sambus hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's reward is too heavy, and something like the Iron Scroll Danshu shouldn't be stored at all!" ”

Qin Dong waved his hand and said with a smile: "No, no, no, compared to the fact that you can take the initiative to hand over the territory and the military power of the guards, a mere iron brand is nothing, but such an iron scroll Danshu will never be issued again, and the successors after me are not allowed to issue such a thing beyond the law, your piece is the only piece in the world, you must cherish it!" ”

The Iron Scroll Danshu is not only beyond the law, it is also above the right below a certain level, and the role of the gold medal is almost not much different from the death-free gold medal, but as long as the owner who holds it does not rebel and deceive the king, it is equivalent to the death-free gold medal, but Sambus knows very well that this thing cannot absolutely guarantee the life of his family, and if the emperor really wants to kill himself, this thing has no effect.

"Yes, yes, the minister must remember the teachings of His Majesty!" Sambus agreed repeatedly, and then said: "I heard that the army of the Western Expedition will go west in the near future, and the minister still has some savings, so I will go back and prepare some grain and grass for the army to prepare for the needs of the army!" ”

Qin Dong raised his hand to stop him: "No need, Sambus!" No one's money is blown by the wind, the daily consumption of this army is amazing, no matter how rich an individual is, he can't afford to consume the army, you should be very clear about this, you have money is your business, the army is the imperial court, military expenses should be borne by the imperial court, besides, the army will be pulled out tomorrow, and you will be too late to prepare for a day today. Sambus, I am not afraid that the people are rich, and the richer the people, the happier I am, because the people are rich, the empire's taxes can be collected, and the empire will be rich, so no matter how much money you have, I will not blush, the law says that private property is sacrosanct, this sentence is not said casually, it has become an axiom, everyone must abide by it, and I, the emperor, am no exception! ”

Sambus saluted and said, "Your Majesty is really a blessing for the empire and the blessing of the subjects of the world!" ”

After returning home, Sambus urgently found some craftsmen to build a small secret room, which was specially used to store the iron scroll Danshu and the holy decree after the small secret room was built, and he found craftsmen to arrange many traps inside and outside the small secret room to protect the safety of the iron scroll Danshu and the holy decree.

The iron scroll Danshu given by Qin Dong is too important, together with the holy decree, there can be no mistakes, as long as there is a problem, he is guilty of bullying the king, the crime of bullying the king can be big or small, it depends on the emperor's attitude, the emperor does not want to pursue too much, then the conviction will definitely be lighter, if the emperor is in a bad mood, the person who deceives the king will be unlucky, and he is likely to be beheaded.

Qin Dong also thought for a long time before he came up with a way to give Sambus the Iron Scroll Danshu and give Vinia to Sambus, so that he could get sixty percent of the entire Vinya tax, if he didn't do this, the court would be suspected of coercing Sambus with power, and only by giving the Iron Scroll Danshu was something outside the law that it seemed that the court did not take advantage of Sambus, which not only maintained the face of the court, but also fully compensated for Sambus's losses, and at the same time did not openly violate the law.

In fact, people who know that the companion of the king is like the companion of the tiger know that this kind of thing does not really have the effect of avoiding death, and if a general crime is committed, the emperor will not be held accountable for killing, this thing still has a bit of a role, and the punishment will not be added, but if the emperor really wants to kill a person, the iron scroll Danshu will have no effect, and the emperor will find all kinds of excuses to take back this thing, or find someone to destroy or steal this thing, and then punish the person who gave it for losing this thing and committing the crime of defrauding the king. It is wishful thinking for the giver to save his life.

Even so, there are still many officials who envy Sambus, in their opinion, a huge territory and do not have enough power to protect themselves, sooner or later it will be swallowed up, and now it is handed over to the imperial court in exchange for a piece of iron scroll Danshu that can avoid death, and they do not suffer, but also earn, they think that in this matter, the emperor and the court are still doing very well, and Sambus and the emperor are both very decent. (To be continued......)