"Mr. Yang's method is agreeable to me as well. Your Highness, are you worried the court might lose money?"
Sun Yao chuckled lightly, then continued, "That's easy to handle. Didn't the Third Prince meddle with the salt tax the other day? Are you still afraid of lacking money?"
Sun Yao's words reminded the Eldest Prince of the previous enactment of the salt permit, which was managed by the Ministry of Revenue. The Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Mao Jin Yuan, was one of the Third Prince's men, and the Third Prince had pocketed quite a bit from it.
"What if the Third Prince refuses to hand over the money?" Jiang Chengguan responded somewhat displeased, looking at Sun Yao's composed demeanor with disapproval.
"The Third Prince can't decide this! Can we not find a way to make him pay up?"
