A Study on the Attitude of Tusi in the Southwest Region before and after the Conquest of Yunnan in the Early Ming Dynasty and the Response Measures of the Ming Government
After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty,the southwestern region was temporarily not included in the scope of military power.The Prince of Liang of Yunnan and the Ming Xia regime,which were stationed in Sichuan and Chongqing,continued to maintain their separatist rule.As a result,the atti-tude of Tusi which conferred by the Yuan dynasty towards the Ming government was quite ambiguous.After the battle of conquest of Yunnan launched in 1381,the true attitudes of various chieftains were ex-posed.After the war,for the sake of the overall situation,the Ming government did not fully reward Tusi based on their performance in the war.Instead,based on the attitudes of each Tusi,their influence in the local area,and their ethnic relationships with surrounding Tusies,It adopted policies tailored to local con-ditions,such as retaining some Tusies,establishing Tuzhifu,Tuzhizhou Tuzhixian and Junminfu,and set-ting up permanent garrison troops in areas with potential threats.These measures quickly stabilized the lo-cal situation and provided clear policy guidance for further systematic governance in the future.
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