chimei generals were even less able to govern the capital than the emperor, due to the fact that they were unable to control their soldiers from pillaging from the people. the people began to yearn the return of the gengshi emperor. zhang ang and his allies, afraid of what might happen if the emperor returned to power, persuaded xie to strangle him. liu gong hid his body in a secure location, and years later, after eastern han had securely captured the chang'an region, liu xiu had the gengshi emperor's body buried with princely honors at baling (霸陵), near the tomb of emperor wen.