501 years ago today, on June 1, 1524 (April 30, 1524 in the lunar calendar), the German Peasants 'War broke out. 1524-1525 In 2008, a massive and magnificent Peasants 'War broke out in Germany. It affected most of the region, and two-thirds of the farmers participated in the uprising, unprecedented in the history of Germany and Western Europe. On June 1, 1524, the farmers in southern Swabian first raised the flag of righteousness and formed an armed force of more than 3000 people, declaring that they would eliminate all rulers except the emperor. The rebels put forward a program in the form of "calligraphy slips". The "letter" says: The poor people in urban and rural areas are severely oppressed by the government and aristocrats. They should unite and join the "Christian Alliance" and use peaceful means or violence to save themselves and future generations from the world of suffering. At the same time, uprisings broke out in Francia, Saxony, Thuringia, Tyrol, Alsace and other places. At that time, a battle song called "Poor Conrad" was sung among the uprising farmers. The last paragraph of the lyrics is: Hi! I'm poor Conrad! Popes and aristocrats, eradicate them with tomahawk. The master can't draw his whip, cut it into meat paste, who should he complain to? Skin us alive and humiliate our wives. Hey! I'm poor Conrad! Thrust hard, spear! Sweep it, stick! This song fully reflects the revolutionary spirit of the farmers. Because the uprising army did not have unified leadership, fought independently, and had loose discipline, they were used by the feudal rulers to deceive and suppress the counter-revolutionary tactics. The Shiwaben Peasant Army first failed at the end of April 1525, and several other uprising armies were also suppressed one after another. However, this Peasants 'War had great and far-reaching significance in German history. Engels clearly pointed out that Martin Luther's religious reform and the peasant war were the "first bourgeois revolution."