why cant u give it away (BI RTW stupid A.I)

[Lt Nevermind]

I haven't had protectorates for quite a while so I'm not 100 % sure about how things were after a succesful bargain. Anyways I think that your protectorate pays you a certain amount of tribute each turn - I believe the amount was the protectorates treasury minus their current spendings, in other words, their leftover cash. This seemed to result in a situation where you get virtually all your 'bribery' cash back on the next turn due to the factions inability to spend X0,000 denarii on a turn. Hence, if you have lots of money already, you don't even have to use cheats for softing the alliance because you get your money back right away. I emphasize however that this is an 'ad hook' memory.