寻乌县苏维埃政府1927年大革命失败后，早在梅县入党并在兴宁从事革命活动的寻乌籍共产党员古柏，根据中共东江特委的指示，回到寻乌进行革命活动。同年冬季建立了中共寻乌支部，属东江特委领导，不久，改由中共赣南特委领导。1928年3月25日，在古柏、潘叶煌、刘维(矢卢)等同志的领导下，举行了全县农民武装大暴动，胜利攻占县城。这就是著名的“寻乌暴动”。它为苏维埃政权的建立奠定了良好的基础。 Following the failure of the 1927 Great Revolution in Xunwu County, Xunwu Ji Pu, a party member who joined Uighurs in the Meixian County and engaged in revolutionary activities in Xingning, returned to Xunwu for revolutionary activities in accordance with instructions from the Special Committee of the Chinese Communist Party for Dongjiang. In the same year the establishment of the CPC Xunwu branch in winter, is a special committee of Dongjiang leadership, soon, change by the CPC Gannan special commissioner. On March 25, 1928, under the leadership of Comoud, Pan Yeh-huang and Liu Wei (arrowroo) and other comrades, the county armed forces held a grand riot over peasants in the county and captured the county. This is the famous “Xunwu Riot.” It laid a good foundation for the establishment of the Soviet power.