Public Order

[Ed TW]

Hello All,

I can't for the life of me get this public order thing to work for me.
When there is squalor I build plumbing. Farming brings overpopulation. Then the pop grows, and I'm back to square one. If it is culture I try to replace buildings etc... It leaves me with setting the taxes at low rates, and a crumby treasury. The public order changes with every turn which becomes so tedious that it's defeating the fun of this game. I'm constantly rechecking everything like I have O.C.D. Also that changing of the capitol creates red faces in the providences where you are distancing from the previous capitol. If I try to change religion destroying the temple or church that brings a red face real quick and probably a riot. If I put too many troops in it creates squalor again. Obviously I don't have a Phd in economics. Is there any kind of cheat or a turning off of the public order thingy? I've always loved Shogun and Medieval War because it doesn't take me a year for a campaign.
This really is kind of getting sucky for me.
any feedback at all will be very welcomed.

P.S.
I'm in the midst of playing Barbarian Invasion as the Eastern Roman Empire.