In ancient times, what was the use of the "gold medal from death"? Can they really save lives?

In our opinion, the "gold medal for avoiding death" means being able to avoid one's own death, but in real ancient times, it didn't actually save one's life. I think the gold medal from death actually represents an honor in ancient times. People who win gold medals from death in real history generally have no good end.

The death-free gold medal first appeared in the Han Dynasty and was given to his men by Liu Bang. At that time, it was called "Dan Shu Tie Voucher", not the small token we saw in TV series. In the Han dynasty, the role of avoiding death gold medal was not as great as imagined, but at most it was an honor, because all the heroes who won it were heroes who fought the world with Liu Bang. The real function of "Dan Shu Tie Voucher" was in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. At that time, the emperor felt that instead of giving some land and some gold and silver treasures, it was better to give an iron block and an illusory guarantee. Although I gave you a "gold medal for avoiding death", until you die, the emperor has the final say.

In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang also awarded the "Dan Shu Tie Voucher" to those who helped him fight the world, but unlike the gold medals of previous dynasties, Zhu Yuanzhang added a condition that all crimes except rebellion could be avoided. Therefore, all the ministers who won the gold medal from death were finally killed by Zhu Yuanzhang on charges of rebellion, and their gold medal from death eventually became a joke. In fact, there was no gold medal to avoid death in the Qing dynasty, but there was a yellow jacket in the Qing dynasty, but the role of the yellow jacket was not so great that it could not avoid death.

As the saying goes, if you want me to die, I have to die. Although the emperor gave the ministers a gold medal to avoid death, this honor can be taken back at any time. After all, just like our current store activities, the final interpretation right is subject to what the merchants say. As a minister, you should be more careful after winning the gold medal of avoiding death. So the death-free gold medal can't really save lives.