in 25, the gengshi emperor's forces would cause the death of the former western han emperor-designate, emperor ruzi (liu ying). two far-fetched co-conspirators—fang wang (方望), the former strategist for the local warlord wei xiao (隗囂), and a man named gong lin (弓林) -- and their group of several thousand men, after kidnapping the former duke of ding'an, occupied linjing (臨涇, in modern qingyang, gansu). the gengshi emperor sent his prime minister li song (李松) to attack them, and wiped out this rebel force, killing liu ying.