Since 1373, each Shuixi (Mu'ege) rulers were granted the title "Guizhou Xuanweishi" (貴州宣慰使), as the highest aboriginal governor of Guizhou Province; each Shuidong rulers held the title "Guizhou Xuanwei tongzhi" (貴州宣慰同知), served as Mu'ege rulers' assistant.