明代西北地区的卫所官也是世袭的,尽管学术界对他们是否可称为土司有一定的争议,但他们与西南地区的土司拥有类似的权力和义务,是没有疑议的。明初在西北撤郡县,置军卫,其后又恢复设立郡县,表明明廷并未放弃对边疆地区实行流官统治的打算,只是这一过程是渐进式的,逐渐压缩世袭土官的权力。明政府在西北地区的改流措施,大体上可以反映明廷对土司地区的基本态度。 Guardians in the northwestern region of the Ming Dynasty were also hereditary. Although there is some debate in the academic community about whether they may be called tolaws, there is no doubt that they have similar powers and duties with chieftains in the southwestern region. In the early Ming Dynasty, the county was removed from the northwest and military units were set up. Later, the establishment of counties and counties was resumed, indicating that the Ming court did not give up its intention to run a bureaucratic rule over the border areas. The process was gradual and gradually reduced. Power. The government’s streamlining measures in the northwest region can largely reflect the basic attitude of the Ming government to the toast areas.