Ultimately, in 493-4, the Chinese gentry officials secured the transfer of the capital to Loyang.
The new ruler, resident now in Loyang, was foredoomed to impotence.
His followers fled; Loyang was captured and looted by the Uighurs.
The Chou rulers suppressed this revolt, and then transferred a large part of this population to Loyang.
His first act was to transfer the capital back to the east, to Loyang, close to the grain-producing regions.
