关键词: 明朝, 故元土司, 中央政府, 少数民族, 博弈

Abstract: In the early years of the Ming dynasty, in the face of the mighty military power of the Ming dynasty, Gu Yuan Tusi chose to pay allegiance to the new Ming Empire. This decision has several advantages: to preserve himself and his strength and not to be annihilated by the Ming army, to continue his rule and power over the local ethnic minorities, and to receive the pensions and rewards from the central government of Ming Dynasty. During the process of uniting the whole country, the Ming army also offered amnesty to the Tusi who had survived during the war, aiming at using them to directly govern local minority groups in order to avoid continuous fight against the Ming government by the Southern ethnic soldiers. In this case, the territory unification, the stability of the regime, and
the cultural diversity of Ming Dynasty could be guaranteed.

Key words: Ming dynasty, Tusi, central government, minority groups, game