红四军创建后,转战赣南、闽西,先后召开了9次党的代表大会,其中后3次在闽西举行。在频繁的战斗中,领导人对军队建设的看法出现了分歧,争论的焦点是红四军内是否仍要设立军委。一种意见认为,“既名四军,就要有军委”,指责前委“管太多”,“权力太集中”,是“书记专政”,有“家长制”表现。另一种意见则认为,前委的领导工作重心在军队,“军队指挥需要集中而敏捷”,由前委直接领导和指挥更有利于作战,不必设立重叠的机构,硬要成立军委实际上是搞“分权主义”。为了平息这些争论,统一思想认识,前委决定召开红四军第七次党代会,由介入争论不深的陈毅暂行代理前委书记来负责筹备和主持大会。 After the establishment of the Red Army, they fought in southern Jiangxi and western Fujian and held 9 party congresses, of which 3 were held in western Fujian. In frequent fighting, the leaders have disagreements over the military construction. The focus of the debate is whether the Central Military Commission should still set up a Central Military Commission. According to one opinion, “both the armed forces and the Central Military Commission should be appointed.” They accused the former Central Committee of “administering too many” and “concentrating too much power” on “the dictatorship of the party secretary” and “paternalism”. Another view is that the leadership of the front committee is focused on the army. “The military command needs to be centralized and agile,” and the direct leadership and command of the front committee should be more conducive to fighting without having to set up overlapping bodies. The establishment of the CMC is in fact Engage in “decentralization.” In order to quell these debates and unify their thinking, the former Central Committee decided to convene the Seventh Party Congress of the Red Fourth Army, and Chen Yi, acting as deputy secretary of the Party Committee temporarily involved in the debate, was responsible for preparing for and presiding over the meeting.