WITHIN THE WALLS OF THE Forbidden City, the Hongzhi Emperor and his officials in the Ministry of War as well as the scholars of both academies stood anxiously in anticipation of what was unfolding within the empire. Academician scouts have reported a large encampment of mostly former Jinyiwei and steppe nomads to the northeast on the Liaodong Peninsula near the border of the nation of Joseon. Many of the Foreigners' ships have also just anchored along both the Liaodong and Shandong ...