after wang mang's death, the gengshi emperor moved his capital from wancheng to luoyang. he then issued edicts to the entire empire, promising to allow xin local officials who submitted to him to keep their posts. for a brief period, nearly the entire empire showed at least nominal submission—even including the powerful chimei general fan chong (樊崇), who, indeed, went to stay in luoyang under promises of titles and honors. however, this policy was applied inconsistently, and local governors soon became apprehensive about giving up their power. fan, in particular, left the capital and returned to his troops. in response, the gengshi emperor sent various generals out to try to calm the local governors and populace; these included liu xiu, who was sent to pacify the region north of the yellow river. further, around these times, the people began to see that the powerful officials around the gengshi emperor were in fact uneducated men lacking ability to govern; this further made them lose confidence in his governance.