A Study of the Governing of the Yuan Dynasty of the East-dao Lieges of Mongolia

The fiefs of East-dao lieges mainly distributed over the west areas of northeast and the plain zones of East Mongolia. Mongolia nobilities always took the larger autonomous power in the Yuan Dynasty, all lieges could set up institutions freely, appoint and remove functionaries, enjoy all kinds of economical and political liberties, and have a lot of troops which were the important military force. In Mongolian periods, East-dao lieges of Mongolia governed northeast areas. After the institution of Liaoyang Xingsheng, the fiefs of East-dao lieges still reserved the past liberties, and there was no relation of administrative subjection to Liaoyang Xingsheng, but they both were directly under the centrality separately. The fiefs of Mongolia were the special districts which enjoyed a series of military, political and economical liberties.