How did the Yuan Dynasty strengthen its jurisdiction over Tibet and parts of Sichuan and Qinghai?

The Yuan Dynasty ended the separation of political power since the Five Dynasties and achieved national unity. However, in the Yuan Dynasty, ethnic minorities occupied the Central Plains, and in order to maintain their own unified situation, measures were also taken to strengthen centralization.

(1) central system. The central government set up a secretariat order to be responsible for administration, the Privy Council for military power and the Ministry of Internal Affairs for supervision. Officials of Zhongshu Province and Privy Council were later led by the Crown Prince. In addition, it also set up a courtyard to be in charge of Buddhism and Tubo affairs, set up a courtyard-in-charge post station, and put the craftsman courtyard in charge.

(2) provincial system. In Yuan Dynasty, local governments mainly set up provincial books, referred to as provincial books. Today, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi and other places are called "bellies" and directly belong to Zhongshu Province. In addition, there are ten provinces, namely Lingbei, Liaoyang, Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Gansu, Yunnan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Huguang. Organizations in all provinces are modeled after those in Zhongshu Province, including Prime Minister (but the example is not permanent), Pingzhang politics, Right Cheng, Zuo Cheng, Shen Zhi politics, etc. , dealing with a province's government affairs, civil affairs, military and political affairs.

The provincial system in Yuan Dynasty consolidated the unity of the country politically and ensured centralization in administrative system, which had a great influence on later generations. After the Yuan Dynasty, the names of provinces have been used.