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Pavilion atop Yulongxue (“Jade Dragon Snow”) Mountain, near Lijiang, Yunnan province, China.
To tighten their control over the province, rulers of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) encouraged the migration of Han Chinese people from the Yangtze River valley to Yunnan by utilizing military units to facilitate the movement.1
Once established in the region, the Ming government maintained authority through a system of hereditary tusi, which involved local leaders serving as agents of Chinese magistrates to implement indirect rule.1