AP Success - AP World History: Cheng Hao's Critique of New Laws

"The
 mind 
of
 Your 
Majesty 
does 
not
 hesitate
 to 
make 
a 
change; 
it is 
only 
the 
minister 
in 
charge 
of
 the
 government
 who
 still
 persists
 in
 his
 obstinacy.
 Thus
 the
 people’s
 feelings
 are
 greatly
 agitated
 and
 public
 opinion
 becomes
 more
 clamorous.
 If
 one
 insists
 on
 carrying
 these
 policies
 out,
 certain
 failure
 awaits
 them
 in
 the
 end.
 ...
 Rather
 than
 pursue
 one
 mistaken
 policy
 at
 the
 expense
 of
 a
 hundred
 other
 undertakings,
 would
 it
 not
 be
 better
 to
 bestow
 a
 grand
 favor
 and 
reassure
 the
 people’s
 minds
 by
 doing
 away
 with
 the
 disturbances
 caused
 by
 those
 sent
 out
 to
 enforce 
these
 decrees
 and
 by
 manifesting 
your
 humanity 
to
 the
 extent
 of
 abolishing 
the
 interest
 charged 
on 
the
 crop
 loans?
"