Gazing at the silent crowd, Captain Zhao let out a slight sigh. In fact, it's like this with many things—if you take too big of a step, it's not easy for people to accept. But this big step cannot be broken down into smaller parts, even if it means biting the bullet and crossing over with difficulty.
Therefore, their entire school of thought adopted a strategy of one playing good cop and another playing bad cop. He had said earlier that civilization lacks population, encouraging everyone to have ten or more children, the more the better, which to a certain extent, eased everyone's tension, serving as the good cop.
As a result, Zhang Yuan followed up with the proposition to "mass-produce artificially gestated infants," making everyone draw their swords and take up their crossbows, tremendously anxious over the matter.
For such decisive measures with great dissent, forcefully implementing them is not a wise choice, as it could easily lead to class conflict and social unrest.
