《太平广记·卷二百六十四·无赖二》
于是宰相们把此事交由中书省处理，贬了他的官，示以小小的惩罚。
于是宰臣归中书，贬其官，示小惩也。
So the prime ministers handed the matter over to the Secretariat to deal with, and he was relieved of his post as a minor punishment.
<s>[INST] Take each pair of old and new sentences and unite them into a single translation that captures the core meaning: Archaic: 于是宰臣归中书，贬其官，示小惩也。 Updated: 于是宰相们把此事交由中书省处理，贬了他的官，示以小小的惩罚。 [/INST] So the prime ministers handed the matter over to the Secretariat to deal with, and he was relieved of his post as a minor punishment.</s>
Take each pair of old and new sentences and unite them into a single translation that captures the core meaning: Archaic: 于是宰臣归中书，贬其官，示小惩也。 Updated: 于是宰相们把此事交由中书省处理，贬了他的官，示以小小的惩罚。
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So the prime ministers handed the matter over to the Secretariat to deal with, and he was relieved of his post as a minor punishment.
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