David M. Robinson anotaura kuti mitemo yakasiyana-siyana yakapiwa naMambo Hongwu, muvambi wedzinza reMing, inoratidza sokuti inoramba simba revaMongolia muChina nokurambidza kuroorana kwevaMongolia uye tsika dzavo dzokuviga, kupfeka, kutaura uye kunyange mimhanzi. Zvisinei, Robinson anosimbisa kuti kutaura uku kunopesana sei nekuenderera mberi kweHongwu Emperor yeYuan masangano akadai senzira yekugara nhaka yevarindi uye mabasa. Akatanga hondo dzokukunda nzvimbo dzakanga dzisati dzambotongwa nemadzimambo echiChinese, kusanganisira nzvimbo dzaiva muYunnan
Liaodong (Manchuria), uye Mongolia. Akaramba achiunganidza vaMongol kuti vapinde muchiuto uye akaramba achiita zvaiitwa munguva yaYuan zvokupinza varongo nevachengeti vemba vokuKorea mumuzinda wamambo. Robinson anoti umambo hweMing "hwaimbova mutsivi wechokwadi" weYuan, sezvo madzimambo eMing akatsvaga kupa mvumo kutonga kwavo kuburikidza nenhaka yeYuan, kunyanya sezvo Dynasty Northern Yuan Dynasty yakaramba iripo. Mambo weYongle akanga ari pachena zvikuru mukukumbira kuenzanisa pakati pokutonga kwake uye kwaKublai Khan, sezvinoratidzwa mumutemo wake wokunze wakashingaira zvikuru, kuratidzwa kwesimba reMing Chinese kunze kwenyika uye mapoka ehondo anowedzera. Kutevera 1449 Tumu Crisis, hurumende yeMing yakanyatsorambidza kutamira kune dzimwe nyika kwevanhu veMongolia (vachifarira dzimwe nguva mitemo yekudzoka kune avo vakagara muChina). VaMongol vakaramba vachishanda sevakuru vemauto eMing kunyange pashure pokunge vaMongol vapindira muMupanduki waCao Qin wa1461 uyo wakanga wakundikana, asi nhamba yavo yakatanga kuderera sezvo vakuru vehurumende vaiwanzogara nhaka vaitsiviwa zvishoma nezvishoma nevarume vaibva kumhuri dzakaderera.