soon, wang mang's xin dynasty and its capital chang'an fell to the gengshi emperor's forces, and gengshi emperor was acknowledged by virtually the entire empire as the emperor of the restored han dynasty. he initially planned to set his capital at luoyang, and he made liu xiu governor of the capital region. liu xiu was commissioned to repair the palaces and governmental offices at luoyang. of all of the major han officials following the restoration, liu xiu alone quickly showed his talent for organization, and his agency quickly grew to resemble its pre-wang mang counterpart.