Du Tao read classical Chinese in middle school, until Fan Zhongyan "worried about the world first, and enjoyed the world later", lamenting: "A gentleman should be born between heaven and earth."
In the 8th year of the Republic of China (19 19), the May 4th Movement broke out. Influenced by the Beijing-Kunming Student Movement, Du Tao organized the Mengzi Patriotic Student Union in the school and was elected as the president. Under the leadership of progressive teachers, he led 200 or 300 students to demonstrate and give speeches at the entrance of Sichuan Guild Hall, shouting slogans such as "Fighting for national rights outside, punishing national thieves inside", "Give me back Shandong, abrogate the 21st Treaty" and "Boycott Japanese goods and refuse to sign the peace treaty". Form a "Japanese goods investigation team" to publicize the masses and persuade businessmen to boycott Japanese goods. Yi, president of the Mongolian Chamber of Commerce, hid 82 pieces of red serges made in Japan, which were seized by the investigation team and burned in the street. Mengzi Daoyin Guo-jun He sent military police to suppress it, and teachers and students of 13 affiliated joint schools held a strike protest. It was not until the Beiyang warlord government released the students arrested in Beijing, dismissed Cao Rulin and Lu, and refused to sign a peace treaty that the teachers and students of Shisanshu Middle School resumed their studies.
In the winter of the 9th year of the Republic of China (1920), after graduating from middle school, he, Liu, Zhang and other students organized the "China Youth Labor Union" at the east gate of Mengzi County, with a plaque of "sacred labor" hanging at the door, and set up a bath room, a tea room and a starch washing room with their own funds to work for themselves. Subscribe to progressive newspapers such as New Youth for the masses to read. Propagandizing "Down with warlords, Down with local tyrants and evil gentry" and "Land to the tiller", cracking down on corrupt officials and exposing the crimes and bossiness of local tyrants and evil gentry, this action attracted the attention of the Mengzi authorities and regarded the "labor group" as a "disorderly party". The Yunnan Governor's Office ordered Mengzi Daoyin Guo-jun He to seal up the "reform-through-labour team". It's time for Bish Railway Company to recruit technical interns. He passed the exam and worked as a trainee civil engineer for nearly two years.
Two years later, in order to seek the revolutionary truth, Du Tao made up his mind to leave the company to study abroad. Before leaving home, I wrote a poem to express my feelings, saying: A success shocked the world and inspired the October Revolution. Marxism–Leninism preached the truth and followed in Russian footsteps. The country is no longer home and has traveled all over the world. Dan Xin is a revolution, and vowed to report his head to China.
12 (1923) In May, with the support of relatives and friends, he left Mengzi to attend cram schools in Shanghai, Nanjing and Beijing in order to pursue further studies and take the road of saving the country by studying. During the tutorial period, he had the opportunity to read revolutionary newspapers such as Sound Guide. During the Beijing cram school, I met Wang Desan and party member Zhang Jingchen, who were born in Yunnan * * *, and participated in the Innovation Society of Yunnan Student Progress Organization (later renamed as New Yunnan Society) led by China * * * Production Party. I was directly educated by China * * Production Party and accepted Marxism-Leninism.
In 15 (1926) of the Republic of China, Du Tao was admitted to Shenyang Fengtian Medical University, but he had already seen that the road to study and save the country was blocked at that time, and he felt deeply that "the national disaster was at hand and there was no freedom everywhere" to save the nation and seek justice, so why should he worry about people's strength "(Du Taoshi). So he resolutely left school and went south. With the help of relatives and friends in Shanghai, he went to Guangzhou, studied in the political training class founded by Wang Desan, and joined the China Producers' Party.
At the beginning of the Republic of China 16 (1927), Wang Desan led a group of * * * youths from party member and led them back to Yunnan, and established the Yunnan Special Committee of the China * * * Production Party. Soon, Du Tao was sent to Mengzi to explore Yinan.
According to the instructions of the provincial special committee, Du Tao made full use of the favorable opportunity of * * * cooperation to make friends, and assisted Xiao Rongchang, the county magistrate of Mengzi, to set up the temporary executive committee of the Kuomintang (leftist) Mengzi County. Du Tao first served as an instructor, then as Minister of Agriculture and Workers, developed the Kuomintang party member, publicized anti-imperialist and anti-feudal and national revolutionary ideas, and launched a mass movement of workers and peasants. At the same time, as middle school teachers, I held academic seminars in county primary schools and organized young intellectuals to read the publications "Guidance", "Pioneer" and "New Youth" founded by Zhong. * * * advocate in propaganda, stimulate their revolutionary consciousness, and cultivate and absorb * * * party member among advanced intellectuals. In April of the Republic of China 16 (1927), the secret Mengzi Party branch was established as a secretary. In his early party member, there were, Yin, Li Shaokui, Tang and others. At the same time, Du Tao took advantage of the legal status of the Minister of Agriculture and Industry of the Kuomintang County Party Department to actively carry out the workers and peasants movement, went deep into the grass roots, mingled with the workers and peasants, and sent people to Xiaodongshan and Ruodianba villages in Mengziba to form peasant associations. In the same month, in Ruodianba, the struggle of "helping the poor by borrowing grain" was launched, and more than ten thousand Jin of grain was borrowed from the landlord to help more than 60 poor farmers tide over the summer drought. Mengzi Branch of Yunnan Women's Liberation Association (with more than 200 members) was established in the county. On the day of its establishment, organize the masses to March in the county seat. Later, together with other party member, they organized Mengzi Customs Union, Bise Village Loading and Unloading Union and Middle School Student Union. For a time, there was a bitter fleabane bitter fleabane revolutionary situation in Mengzi urban and rural areas.
On May 7th, the Republic of China 16 (1927), Long Yun seized the left-wing Kuomintang provincial party headquarters and provincial peasant associations, and arrested the producers of * * * Li Xin, Huang et al. /kloc-in June of 0/4, Hu Ruoyu launched the "June 14th" coup, imprisoned Long Yun, and released party member Li Xin and others, but all the left-wing countries and Zhao Zuochuan's Kuomintang county party departments were seized, and Du Tao's left-wing Kuomintang county party department established in Mengzi was no exception. Since then, Du Tao's activities have changed from public to underground. In late July, Yin Chenjun, a self-righteous man, organized a public security conference in Weinan under the banner of "preventing bandits from stealing, protecting the environment and protecting the people". According to the instructions of the provincial special department, Du Tao used his old relationship with Chen Jun and Zhou Ziyin in a blue railway company to enter the Weinan public security meeting, and successively served as the adjutant of the security command adjutant office and the propaganda section chief of the political department, traveling in urban and rural areas in an open capacity and secretly contacting comrades. Therefore, in the counter-revolutionary countercurrent of the whole province, Mengzi's revolutionary forces have developed. In addition to improving and strengthening the original peasant associations, various localities have also established peasant associations in Panzhihua, Weijiazhai, Yujiazhai and Tuguan villages to fight against feudal exploitation, land rent, food and feudalism.
In the Republic of China 17 (1928), the house of the member Gao of Xiaohongzhai Peasant Association near Heilongtan Station was destroyed by fire. With the help of the agricultural association, he rebuilt his new house. However, the railway police at the station accused Gao of building houses and cutting down street trees on the railway, arrested him and claimed that he would be sent to Kaiyuan police headquarters for punishment. The masses are extremely indignant. It is learned that this is not a personal dispute between the railway police and Gao, but a typical example of imperialist lackeys oppressing the people of China. Bloody China people must not sit idly by and immediately mobilize more than 200 farmers in Xiaodong Mountain and other villages, some workers in the county town, some regiments of the Yugoslav capital regiment and students of the provincial party committee training class, armed with hoes and pickaxes, to surround the police station of Heilongtan Station with 50 or 60 guns, demanding the release of Gao. The director of the police station saw that the situation was not good and had to release Gao on the spot. The victory of the struggle greatly increased the ambition of the people of all ethnic groups in Mongolia, made farmers see their own strength and improved their courage in the struggle. At the same time, this struggle is also a preliminary attempt of Yunnan underground party to lead the peasant armed struggle. Du Tao also saw the direction of the revolutionary struggle, and once wrote a poem about it: the claws of the great powers are all over the Central Plains, and the rivers and mountains are all broken. Autocracy steals power, and landlords and gentry bully the king. The masses of workers and peasants have devoted themselves to their lives, and they have deep hatred and personal grievances. Let's make a revolution together and swear to overthrow the old regime.
Later, the military and political authorities in Mengzi discovered that the leader was Du Tao, so they ordered him to be wanted. Since then, Du Tao has turned to a more covert underground struggle.
With the victory of the struggle, farmers in Mengzi have more confidence in China * * * Production Party and actively joined the peasant associations. Mengzi's work has developed rapidly. At the end of February, more than 50 people in party member were developed, and county power company branches (3 people) and customs branches (4 people) were established. More than a dozen branches have been established in the countryside around Xiaodongshan, and several party member have been developed from the commander of Jinmengcheng defense to Wen Jia army, and three branches have been established in Ruodianba. In May, introduced by farmers in Xiaodongshan Village, Huang Mingjun of party member went to work in Chanipi Village under the guise of teaching, and soon established the 1 Party branch. With this branch as the fulcrum, more than 20 party branches have been established, with more than 80 people in party member. Party organizations extended to Jingbian (now Pingbian) in the southeast, Hua Kai (now Wenshan) and Aman (now Kaiyuan) in the north.
That summer, Du Tao succeeded Li Xin as the secretary of Yinan District Party Committee. At that time, Long Yun served as the chairman of the Yunnan provincial government, and followed Chiang Kai-shek to clean up the party against * * *, and white terror enveloped Yunnan province. * * * The Yunnan Provisional Provincial Party Committee weighed the urban and rural conditions of the whole province, and through the fruitful work of Du Tao and others, it believed that the rural basic work was done well in Yinan area; There is also the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, which can get in touch with other places at any time and is conducive to carrying out revolutionary activities. Therefore, a large number of cadres, party member and League members have been transferred to Yinan, with Mengzi and Gejiu as the center. A large number of cadres came to Mengzi, which not only strengthened Mengzi's revolutionary force, but also increased their responsibility to ensure their safety and resettle them. Du Tao made careful and proper arrangements for the cadres who came to work in Mengzi.
65438+ 10 65438+March, the CPC Yunnan Provincial Committee held the first CPC Yunnan Congress in Chanipi Village, Mengzi. Du Tao attended the meeting and was elected as Alternate members of the CPC Central Committee. According to the spirit of the August 7th meeting in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the provincial party committee made a decision to actively develop rural armed forces and prepare for the autumn harvest uprising. Du Tao was appointed secretary of the Agayi Uprising Action Committee, directly organizing and directing the uprising. The uprising time is set at 3 1, 1. First, a meeting was held in Ajayi village to mobilize, with Xiaodongshan and Chanipi armed forces as the backbone to organize revolutionary armed forces of more than a thousand people. The first target was Gan Yingdong, who oppressed the masses the most and worked as an old village leader. He is going to make a banner and establish the Red Army of Workers and Peasants after the uprising is successful. The military flag has been embroidered and printed, and declarations, proclamations and slogans have been drawn up. However, due to the secrecy of affairs and the continuous rain, the riot could not be held.
17 (1928)165438+1October 7, when passing through Zhicun Station, it was captured by the following regiment soldiers. After Du Tao was arrested, the underground organizations in Yunnan tried their best to rescue him, but all failed.
Long Yun caught Du Tao and knew that he was the leader of the underground party. He wants to get more secrets from the underground organizations in Yunnan. After many interrogations in Mengzi, he was escorted from Mengzi to Kunming and interrogated by Long Yun himself. First, they lured high officials with generous salaries, and then tortured them to extract confessions, which could not shake Du Tao's absolute loyalty to the revolutionary cause. From Mengzi to Kunming, in the court of Long Yun, Du Tao always laughed righteously and denounced the enemy. He firmly believes that the rule of reactionaries will not last long. Kill one Du Tao and thousands of Du Tao will stand up. His letters to relatives and comrades in prison expressed his heroic spirit of calming down the revolution and dying. He said, "I have made up my mind to die for the revolution, not for all." "It is my duty to die for the revolution." "If I am afraid of death, how can the revolution succeed?" I want comrades not to be sad for him, but to cheer up and carry the revolution through to the end. The enemy extorted a confession by torture and asked him to recruit "party followers." He said righteously: "There are activities, but there are no party members. If you want to kill them, you must cut them and do whatever you want! Asking for confession is not at all; For the country, for the people, for the revolution, I am the only one. I have asked for it dozens of times, and that's it! " Long Yun found nothing. Finally, on May 2, 18 (1929), he ordered the killing of Du Tao. On the way to the execution ground, Du Tao smiled and publicized the revolution to the people on both sides of the street, shouting the slogans of "Down with the great warlord and chief Long Yun", "Down with imperialism" and "Long live the Chinese production party" and died generously. He was only 29 when he died.