Li Fan’s underground work

Then Li Fan was dispatched by the Yunnan Provisional Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and went to Gejiu, Jinning and other places to engage in underground work. In 1930, Li Fan returned to Binchuan. At this time, Li Fan's cousin Li Yanshi was the principal of Binchuan County Higher Primary School. Li Fan often went to the school to talk to progressive students about social and political issues, analyzed the causes of China's poverty, explained that only communism could save China, and removed him from Kunming Many books and periodicals brought back were lent to students for reading, which had a great influence on Binchuan's progressive students who later defected to the revolution.

When teachers asked for leave, Li Bo also took the initiative to take over the class and took the opportunity to teach and sing "The Internationale" to spread the singing inside and outside the school.

At this time, the local evil gentry, together with the county magistrate Su Rugeng, withheld school funds. Li Fan organized students to line up to the county government to petition, and put forward the slogan "Down with corrupt officials, tyrants and evil gentry", and posted slogans all over the city. . This was the first time in Binchuan, and the officials and gentry were shocked.

After the memorial tablet of guest Li Guangbing was delivered to the Confucian Temple Xiangxian Temple, it was smashed to pieces late at night, which angered the rich and powerful. Without investigation and understanding, the blame was placed on Li Yinhua and his son. The county government immediately dispatched a standing team, fully armed and rushed to Zhou Guanying, and escorted Li Yinhua, his eldest son Li Fan, and nephew Li Yanshi to the county and detained them in a small room in the second hall of the county government. County magistrate Su Rugeng and local evil gentry, in order to seek credit and reward, wanted to kill Li Fan because he taught "The Internationale" in school and was a member of the Communist Party. After his relatives and friends learned about this incident, they actively tried to rescue him, and Li Fan had to escape from the county government and leave Binchuan. After the case was revealed, he followed his father to farm and study at home.