In the second year of Tang Wude (6 19), Liu Wuzhou, which was separated from Mayi (now Shuozhou, Shanxi), colluded with the Turks and pushed southward. In November, Li Shimin, king of Qin, led an army to the Northern Expedition. Yao Yi "took a surprise in advance and offered a splendid scene of Guanghua" and led his troops to accompany the Northern Expedition. "Sweep away the breath of Yutian, cover the thorns of gold leaves, and make a clear plan." He participated in the planning and made many contributions. In July of the third year of Tang Wude (620), Emperor Gaozu ordered Li Shimin, king of Qin, to lead a hundred thousand troops to Wang Jinjun. Shi Xia, Shaanxi Province is located at the key point of marching into the Central Plains, with the Yellow River in the north, Luohe River in the south, Song Dao in the north and Song Dao in the south. Yao Yi was appointed general of a title of generals in ancient times, deputy commander of land and water marching, in charge of river water transportation and land transportation, as well as the transportation of military supplies. He tried his best to recruit labor, animal power, vehicles and boats, and made overall plans to ensure the needs of the front line. Soon, the court promoted him to be the commander-in-chief of the left-back family and the right-hand man, with five grades. In the army, he read widely. "The army has a gift, and the text is true. After the teacher's spare time, he couldn't put it down. "
In the fourth year of Wude (62 1) in July, after Tang Jun wiped out Wang and Dou Jiande, Yao Yi, who had repeatedly made meritorious military service, was unfairly treated and demoted to a captain in Jian 'an House. Yao Yi, 32, was disheartened, indifferent to fame and fortune, and refused to go to his post. He led the whole family to build houses in Chonggang Song in the northeast (near Zhang Mao Middle School in Shan County, Henan Province), cultivate fields and teach children and grandchildren. Therefore, Yao Yi is also the ancestor of Yao surname in Shan county.
After Tang Gaozong and Li Zhi acceded to the throne, in order to show their respect for the founding heroes, Yao Yi was appointed as General Zhongwu, a surname of Levin in Jinzhou and a county magistrate in Changsha. Yao Yi believes that "it is important to restrain martial arts and aim at respecting literature", and the above table requires him to take part in the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty to show his talent in civil affairs. So the court appointed him as Changzhou (now Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province). On the grounds of illness, Yao Yi could not resist. Soon, the court appointed him as the Minister of Military Affairs of Zhaizhou again. Yao Yi, who was over 60 years old, accepted the appointment and rushed to Xizhou (now Yichang City, Hubei Province). Yao Yi has been in the folk for a long time, and he knows the people's feelings and the disadvantages of the times. After taking office, "six tours, one hundred cities leading Jiangmen, nurturing Yun Ze" won the praise of the people. He was also awarded Dr. Yin.
In the early years of Longshuo, Tang Gaozong (66 1-663), located in Luzhou (now Xichang, Sichuan), a border town near Tubo, the barbarian leader of Qiongbu made an insurrection. The court decided to send Yao Yi, who was old and virtuous, with both civil and military skills, as the governor and settled in the southwest. Zhangzhou, 3654 miles southwest of the capital Chang 'an. There are barbarians and Han people living in the state, and land is the main road to Nanzhao, which is also located in the southwest of the Tang Dynasty. Yao Yi, 7 1 year-old, was appointed in the eventful autumn in the frontier. He doesn't care about his age, nor is he afraid of the dangers on the road. He resolutely accepted Jeff, took office all the way, and devoted himself to the intense counter-insurgency: he taught officials positively and handled the relationship between Han nationality and ethnic minorities fairly; Strictly train and train, with force as the backing, and make all kinds of emergency preparations. "The knot is sincere, not words, and the shock is not violence." Due to proper handling, the riot soon subsided.
73-year-old Yao Yi can't afford to get sick because of long-distance running and military fatigue. In the second year of Longshuo (662), 65438+ February, 1, he died in the Governor's House of Yizhou. In July of the third year of Longshuo (663), he was buried next to the tomb of Yao Xiang, the father of Anyang Gongyuan (now in the east of Nanyang Village, Caiyuan Township, Shan County, Henan Province, and later generations rebuilt the stone tablet for him in 2005). The Year of the Loong, Tang Zhongzong, the court posthumously awarded Yao Chong as the governor of Youzhou. In the third year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (7 15), he was posthumously awarded as the official minister by the court, known as "literature"; Zi Yao Chong built a cenotaph for him in his former residence, and the tree was inscribed by the bachelor of the museum. The great calligrapher Xu Shudan wrote an inscription by Yao Fujun, a gift from the ancient governor of Tang Dynasty (a cultural relics protection unit in Henan Province, which was later placed in the south of Shanxian County, Henan Province).
Yao Yi not only made contributions to governing the country, but also managed her family well. First, he married Mrs. Zhang and Li Furen. After their death, he went on to marry Mrs. Liu. * * * has eleven sons. Among them, Mrs. Liu gave birth to two sons, Chang Yao Chong (later renamed Yao Chong) and the second son Yao. Because of Yao Yi's example, he became the pillar of the country. The most successful is the tenth son Yao Chong. Yao Chong served as the prime minister of Wu Zetian, Tang Ruizong and Tang Xuanzong successively, and made outstanding contributions to the formation of the "Golden Age of Kaiyuan". In Song Dynasty, Sima Guang called him one of the four sages of Tang Dynasty in Zi Tong Zhi Jian. Mao Zedong, a great man, praised him as a "great politician and materialist", and the descendants of Yao Yi were also famous: Yao Yi, then assistant minister of Li Department of Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, Zuo Cheng, and Shang Shu; Yao Shu and Zhang Xun fought against the rebels in An Lushan and died heroically; Yuan He, the secretary of the Tang Dynasty poet, who is as famous as Jia Dao, is called "martial arts style" in his poetry school. There are also famous figures in the late Tang Dynasty, Xu Yao, Li Deyu, a scholar in Changqing, Dr. Lei Qian, and Gengxu Changzhou Secretariat. Yao family in Shaanxi County was crowned in the Tang Dynasty.