Abstract:
The Ming Dynasty carried out active consoling and settling policies to northern submitting tribes headed by Mongolians. Under these policies, large quantities of Mongolians and other northern tribes came to claim submission. The then government settled most of them within the territory of the dynasty but the regions of settlement varied frequently. In the reign of Emperor of Hongwu, settlement began centring along the northern borders, around the capital and ended scattering in different parts of the country. Since the raign of Empeor of Yongle, under the circumstance of “voluntary request”, the new mode of centralized settlement around the capital took shape. The later emperors followed the suit but tiny adjustment was done between Beijing and Nanjing. Since the reign of Emperor of Chenghua, as submitters decreased daily, their settlement was shifted to southern China.
