Gu Weirong's explanation of "Return Power to the People" also helped everyone understand what the plan meant.
Indeed, because of the Invaders, the entire Safe Zone had adopted restrictive policies, cutting every industry and project unrelated to war preparations and devoting itself wholeheartedly to the war against invasion.
Technology, education, the economy, and every other field had all been focused on serving war preparations, losing their former vitality.
Such intense preparations had kept everyone's nerves taut at all times.
Life under such pressure could easily make people lose hope for the future.
Now that the crisis had been resolved, they ought to take advantage of the soaring morale brought by their great victory to slow the pace further and restore the Safe Zone to its former state of vigorous development.
Only then could they sustain their vision of lasting peace and stability in the Safe Zone.
"Now that you've heard the plan, does anyone have any objections?"
Everyone remained silent, signaling their support for the plan.
Kav said, "The only concern is that new problems will arise as we rebuild order. We still need to be prepared for that."
Chu Zhongxiong replied, "You needn't worry too much, Minister Kafu. Handling the problems involved in dismantling the War Readiness Zones will be easier than handling those involved in establishing them."
"First, we've established order in the Safe Zone before. We can anticipate the various problems and have more experience dealing with them."
"Second, it's hard to go from luxury to frugality, but easy to go from frugality to luxury. Abolishing the War Readiness Zone system is itself a move from frugality to luxury. Most problems will involve competing interests rather than matters of life and death. And in our firmly united Safe Zone, issues involving interests won't be much of a