I want to know the answer to the following question:
Who did the Ming appoint titles to?
All the background I'm provided with is that "Laird writes that the Ming appointed titles to eastern Tibetan princes, and that "these alliances with eastern Tibetan principalities are the evidence China now produces for its assertion that the Ming ruled Tibet," despite the fact that the Ming did not send an army to replace the Mongols after they left Tibet.". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: yes