After liberation, Lieutenant General Wan Yi took off his military uniform twice. The second time he took off his military uniform for 17 years, he was originally ill with eye disease. Returning to the army again, he lost sight within a few years of working.
Before the Lushan Conference, Wan Yi served as the director of the Equipment Planning Department of the General Staff Department, and he worked for 6 years, leaving the army because he was implicated in the Lushan Conference and went to Shaanxi as the deputy director of the Forestry Department.
He worked quietly in the Forestry Agency, but in November 1967 he was shocked, suspended, and imprisoned, and he was not released from prison until 1973.
Having regained his freedom, he was told that he could return to Shaanxi to work, but because his eye disease was not treated in time, it had become blurred, and he stayed in Beijing for treatment. He was later diagnosed with glaucoma, which was quite severe and could go blind at any time.
Despite the treatment, it was late, the eyes were always in a state of semi-blindness, and it was usually impossible to listen to the radio and read books and newspapers.
By 1977, his problems had been solved, he had taken off many hats on his head, and had returned to the army as an adviser to the General Logistics Department.
Back in the army, he was happy and actively participated in various activities. By 1984, his eye disease had worsened, he had lost sight in both eyes, and he could no longer continue working.
In 1985, he voluntarily offered to withdraw from the position of General Counsel, and in 1987 he resigned as General Logistics Adviser. After his retirement, he participated in the compilation of military history and party history.