1826, 26-year-old Huang was appointed as the director of the criminal department (six products). He devoted himself to the study of law and soon showed his talent. Chen, the minister of punishments, attaches great importance to him. At that time, there were three unsolved mysteries, namely, false photos of the household department, salary deduction from the state treasury, and evil bandits preaching, involving hundreds of people. Huang was assigned to try these three cases. He made an unusual move. "Searching for abuse means catching the first evil, managing the party and helping the poor, and the second theory is like law. Impressively, even innocent people were sent away. For a time, they were suddenly called Yunping. Then he was elected to take charge of the prison of the Ministry of Justice; He was also transferred to the Ministry of Justice to revise and promulgate laws, and investigated a large number of suspicious cases in more than ten years. In the meantime, he served as a criminal division in Jehol, clean and self-disciplined, and strictly enforced. " For three years, the people believed in it. On behalf of the retreat, the sender came to Guangrenling in an endless stream and thanked him for sending him away. "He also traveled to Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang and other places with courtiers many times to observe the people's feelings and punish corrupt officials. His political voice is remarkable. Reluctantly moved to the punishment department (five products).
The selection of imperial examination candidates has always been regarded as a top priority by the imperial court, and the examiners after the provincial examination are mostly Hanlin and Cabinet Bachelor trusted by the imperial court. Huang, because of his profound education, had to make an exception and undertake this important task. 1839 worked as an examiner in Shuntian Township, and participated in scientific research for the first time; The following year (1840), he obtained the provincial examination and was appointed as the examiner in Guangxi, which was highly praised by the ruling and opposition parties. Later, there was the Jiangnan Salt Patrol Road (four products). At that time, the salt policy in Jianghuai area was lax, smuggling was rampant and bandits were everywhere. Huang carefully manages the river. "The waterway is strictly investigated, and YEATION officials check the salt boats crossing the river from time to time to obtain hundreds of thousands of commercial and private interests, which makes the salt affairs in the south of the Yangtze River appear unprecedented Qingming management. Because of his outstanding achievements, he was appointed as a judge of Jiangsu Province (level 3) in less than one year, acting as an agent for Nanjing government affairs.
Influenced by Confucian traditional culture since childhood, Huang believed in the ideal of "the way of Qi State and the peace of the world". With his talent, if he was born in wealth, he would not be a cabinet before he was born. However, when China faced unprecedented changes in the late Qing Dynasty, its fate inevitably fluctuated with the changes of the times.
During the Opium War, the imperial court sent some famous officials to negotiate with Britain, such as Ilib, Lao Min and Niu Jian. However, these important officials could not put down the airs of imperial envoys, but only sent Huang to negotiate with the guards. /kloc-in the summer of 0/842 (twenty-two years of Daoguang), the hometown association negotiated with Ileb and the British invading army, and on August 29th, it signed the "treaty of nanking" which humiliated the country. The Qing court awarded him second-class merit for his deliberation and meritorious service. Later, he went to Guangdong with the elderly and Ileb to sign the Sino-British Charter on Trade with Five Ports. Since then, he has served as Guangdong provincial judge and minister, and 1845 was promoted to governor of Guangdong. During this period, on the one hand, he compromised the unreasonable demands of British troops to enter Guangzhou, on the other hand, he was hostile to the anti-British struggle of the Guangdong people, thinking that "the Guangdong disaster is not outside, but inside." 1846 (twenty-six years of Daoguang) was reprimanded at that time and used in a derogatory way by the participants.
1847 (twenty-seven years of Daoguang) returned to Ningyang on the grounds of supporting the elderly according to regulations. 185 1 year (the first year of Xianfeng) compiled Ningyang County Records in his hometown, and his textual research articles such as Cheng Chengbian and Christophe Wen Shuo were included in the records.
1In August, 848, Huang requested to return to his hometown for the aged because of his disagreement with the ruling officials Xu and Ye and the death of his younger brother, and returned to Ningyang in March, 849. After the Second Opium War, Huang Zhi ordered him to go to Tianjin to make peace. When he arrived, the treaty had been signed and he returned to China immediately. Later, he wrote a book "Fu Yuan lue" about his westernization experience and manuscripts. In the preface of the book, he summed up his negotiations with westerners as "combining rigidity with softness, manipulating reciprocity, although sometimes drifting with the tide, or not daring to lose the national style" (Fu Yuan Lue), which provided a useful reference for China's modern diplomacy. Commenting on the officials of Westernization, The Draft of Qing Dynasty pointed out: "If the imperial court had no plan to raise the frontier, it would be difficult to claim to be the signer of the seal" (Volume 158 of Biography of Qing Dynasty), and pointed out that the main responsibility of diplomatic passivity at that time was the uncertainty of the imperial court and the war, which made it difficult for officials who were in the frontier and participated in Westernization to deal with it. It was fair to hold this view.
1858 (eighth year of Xianfeng) In May, the British and French allied forces captured Dagu Fort, and the United States and Russia intervened. He was ordered to go to Tianjin as a co-organizer. When he arrived in Tianjin and the Tianjin Treaty was finalized, he returned to his hometown. 1859 (9th year of Xianfeng), presided over the compilation of Ziyang County Records, which was completed in March. In the process of compiling local chronicles, he supplemented information and processed words, which added a lot of color to the new chronicles. 1860 (the tenth year of Xianfeng) In September, the Nian army in central Anhui entered the southwest of Shandong Province on a large scale, and Huang was twice ordered to supervise the regiment to train against the Nian army. Inspired by history, he was "as brave as Fan Chong and Schleswig-Holstein, but he was still trapped by the people of the fence", and he pioneered the method of building castles in villages, so that the Nian army could not plunder and had to detour the border. Guangxu's five-year edition of Ningyang County Records records: "Ningyang Village Fort, the strategy of consolidating the temple wall and clearing the wild, began in Tianfu Village, and then all villages did it." Or a castle in a village, or several villages together are a castle, and gradually there are more streams, and all the defense tools are ready. If there is a policeman, he will enter the castle together, and if the thief retreats, he will do his duty. Not only is there no wasteland in the wild, but there are also fresh gifts from households. No one is convenient for this. " .
Xianfeng ten years (1860), Huang was sixty years old. He rearranged the essays and poems he had written in his life, copied them himself and wrote Zhi Zhi Don Ji. His collection of works between 35 and 50 years old 13 volume is a positive collection; The collection of works of 50-60 years old is 6 volumes, which is a sequel; There are also 6 volumes; There are also four volumes of Fei Hong Ji, and the remaining 1 volume; Qiushengzi 1 volume; Hong Fei Moon Hee 1 vol. According to the author's preface: "As for notes, there are other special notes, and the significance of notes has been quite successful. It will not be published, unless it dares to come out, it will be published. Will be preserved in various schools, so that future scholars can engage in this, and they will be tireless and encouraged to learn. Don't fall into the literary world and dare to speak. " The Poems of Collection and Interpretation are mostly plain and natural, from which we can learn about his official career and spiritual activities, which is an important material for studying Huang and related history. Cai Shan Fu, a famous poem praising Ningyang's landscape, is placed at the front of the volume, and it is not difficult to see its love for hometown.
1870 (nine years of Tongzhi), wrote 60 volumes of Jian Ping. This book is unique in commenting on historical events and people. In the first year of Guangxu (1875), Huang was 75 years old, and the poem written after 70 years old 1 volume was named after Liu Yuxi's poem "Don't say that Sang Yu is late, because it is summer." At that time, Huang had lived in his hometown for 25 years, and suffered from the cold world, the cold world and the war. Because I have lived among the people for a long time, I know well about the sufferings of people's livelihood and the corruption and abuse of power of small officials. Among them, poems such as Collecting Wind, Urging Rent for Plum, Old Man in South Village and Two Students are all works that pay more attention to people's sufferings, and put forward the idea of "controlling foreign countries with foreign countries", and analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of Sino-Western exchanges. What is particularly worthy of recognition is that Huang cared about agriculture during his hometown, and wrote and compiled a large number of works related to agricultural production, including The former is a monograph on locust control. At that time, the drought and locust plague in Ningyang area caused great harm. The author personally participated in locust catching, carefully collected and sorted out the experience of folk locust control, and wrote this book. In the preface, Huang recorded: "This is a kind of service. I devoted myself to it and witnessed the situation at that time. Zhou's father is wild and old, and he is well aware of the pros and cons. Because of the rule of free days, the pen is in the book, which is divided into two volumes, called "Going to Zhu Bixiao" for another day's urgent need. The effect of husband is not necessarily, but the effect of trial is certain. The main idea of this book is to persuade people to catch locusts themselves, which is simple and quick and does not delay the inheritance. Everything is done by the government and it is impossible to ignore it. Although there is nothing to say about humility, people who care about civil affairs may also take it from the company! " It is of great significance for the author to care about farming, summarize and popularize the experience of folk locust control, and urge farmers to organize themselves to save themselves. The latter is the author's account of the methods of raising quail in past dynasties and its origin, which shows that he pays attention to the diversified management of farmers, which is commendable for a traditional scholar. Huang's other works include biographies of famous officials, essays on Li Sao 1 volume, poems on the pavilion 1 volume, poems on Guangdong 1 volume, poems on forgetting worries 1 volume, and poems on Qing Dynasty/volume. Until his later years, Huang persisted in writing, which had a far-reaching impact on Ningyang's later research.
1879 (the fifth year of Guangxu) coincided with the county magistrate Chen Jixun's desire to rebuild Ningyang County Records, so he entrusted Huang as editor-in-chief. Huang is very supportive of this initiative and has invested great energy. The compilation of local chronicles began in the first month of the 30th year of Daoguang (1850), was compiled in the first year of Xianfeng (185 1), and came out the following year (1852). This edition of the county annals consists of 24 volumes, accounting for 300,000 words, which is more important than the former and lighter than the old. The layout structure has strict internal logic, basically absorbing the advantages and disadvantages of the popular outlines and biographies at that time, and cataloguing and describing them with horizontal categories as the key link. In terms of genre, the comprehensive application of narrative, chronicle, biography, picture, table and record is basically close to the complete genre of modern chronicle. Make great efforts to write local chronicles, with skillful selection of materials, accurate, concise and simple language, especially with many insights in praise. On the whole, this chronicle is not only the first of Ningyang's old chronicles, but also the representative work of Shandong local chronicles. After a lapse of 30 years, Huang was 79 years old. In the fifth year of Guangxu (1879), the county annals were revised continuously, adding new materials for nearly 30 years, which made the Ningyang county annals more perfect and provided a set of valuable documents for preserving the historical and cultural materials of Ningyang and remembering the past. 1882 (eighth year of Guangxu), Huang returned to his hometown for reunion (he has been a juror for 60 years), and the Qing court hosted a banquet and gave him two big gifts. The following year, he died in the village at the age of 83.
In the cultural history of Ningyang, Huang is an important figure connecting the past with the future. He inherited the ideological and cultural heritage of the sages from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, and was a master of Ningyang's history and culture. It is a pioneer for Ningyang to open his eyes to see the world by going through great social changes and handling westernization in person. A large number of his works are of great historical, literary and academic value. For a long time, Huang, who participated in the signing of treaty of nanking, was labeled as a "traitor" because of the dominant position of the ultra-left historical view. It is obviously unfair that his achievements and contributions in many aspects are completely ignored and even become a forbidden area for research. It is the responsibility of contemporary scholars, especially the post-school students in Ningyang, to restore its original historical features and comprehensively sort out and excavate its rich cultural heritage.