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>Ming's legal system established by Hongwu contains various methods of execution including flaying, and slow slicing.[15][16][17] One of his generals, Chang Yuchun, carried out massacres in Shandong and Hunan provinces to take revenge against people who resisted his army.[18] Over time, Hongwu became increasingly fearful of rebellions and coups, and also ordered the execution of those of his advisors who criticized him.[19] Manicheanism and the White Lotus Sect, which played significant roles during the revolts against the Yuan, were outlawed.[52] He was also said to have ordered the massacre of several thousand people living in Nanjing after having heard one talked about him without respect.[53][54][55] In the Hu Weiyong case alone, tens of thousands of officials and their families were executed over sedition, treason, corruption and other charges.[56][57][58] According to an anecdote noted by Ming dynasty writers, in 1380, after much killing, a lightning bolt struck his palace and he stopped the massacres for some time, as he was afraid divine forces would punish him.[59] In the 1390s, however, tens of thousands more people were executed due to their association with an alleged plot of rebellion by general Lan Yu.[60]
