Chapter 78 Analysis of Ten Social Classes in Shanxi under the Political Economy of Coal

The society needs to develop, and the people need to live. Coal bosses earn a lot of money by opening coal mines, and miners go to coal mines to support their families. You walk your sunshine path, I walk my single-plank bridge, and all living beings walk on their own paths of life. Under the coal policy economy, "it will come naturally", forming unclear "hidden rules" and "circle culture", maintaining the normal operation of a "social machine". In this section we will analyze the social strata of Shanxi under the coal political economy: The first level: This mainly refers to those who have administrative resources (government officials level).

This level is divided into three levels: 1. "Vertical interest" class: This is the highest level in the social, political and economic life of a certain region. They have absolute policy resources and administrative power in local administrative life. For example, the local administrative head is also called "top leader". The will to control the development direction of an industry or economic organization.This class is most likely to form a "wall". 2. "Absolute interest" class: This refers to the heads of local industry administrative departments. These departments not only exercise administrative management power on behalf of the state, but also have the right to make decisions about the direction of industry development and policy guidelines.In a word, it is not only the "rules of the game" of the industry, but also the participant of the game. In the final analysis, it is the "film police" who maintain the order of the industry.

3. "Relative interests" class: This refers to the staff of local industry administrative departments, who exercise administrative power on behalf of the state. The "authority" and "influence" of the government background seek personal interests for themselves. In the words of ordinary people, "everyone speaks with law." This class is very easy to form a "windshield". The second level: This level mainly refers to the privileged class of coal circulation (coal bosses). This level is further divided into four levels: 1. "Fending" coal boss: We did not use the word "redtop" here, this is to distinguish it from the "redtop merchants" in history.

This class is the most active group among the coal boss class. On the one hand, they have a close relationship with the government but keep a certain distance; Became the modern version of the "enlightened gentleman".Of course, what they get in exchange is that whenever there is a "troubleshoot" from the government, they are the first to have these policy information, that is to say, they are the biggest "buyers" of the local "wall" class. 2. "Black top" coal bosses: This class of coal bosses has a certain scale of industry. They don't usually make friends with the government, but they use money to "open the way" at critical times.For example, if the superior wants to "inspect and accept", they will "simply and neatly" with the relevant executive departments to "pay the money with one hand and handle the affairs with one hand". This kind of thinking of "seeing the food under the knife" has always dominated their economic life.This class is the most loyal "customer" of the "windshield".

3. "Backed" coal bosses: coal bosses in this class are the most unlucky.They have a certain industrial scale and wealth base, and the biggest feature is that they are "no problem" and "no back door" at the government level.Once they encounter the "limelight", they will bear the brunt and be fined and arrested.In their words, it is "not earning much money, but hiding out all year round".Most of the "black donations" of this class flow into the pockets of the "windshields". 4. "Extreme" coal bosses: Strictly speaking, practitioners of this class cannot be called "coal bosses", which is equivalent to the "private plots" where farmers lived during the People's Commune period.

Shanxi has so much coal that local farmers can dig out high-quality coal under their own stoves.After the coal is dug out, they hire the villagers, and the ants move it and pile it in the yard. This process does not use modern mining equipment at all. stage of small trouble.The "punishment degree" index of this class is only below that of the "topless" coal boss. The third level: This mainly refers to the class of coal miners. This level is further divided into three levels: 1. "Stained with fish and meat" type: These workers live in rural areas, have no education, and lack financial resources, but they are close to coal bosses or have relatives with government officials.Coal bosses often use the "government resources" of these people to treat them differently.If coal bosses have difficult matters to handle at the government level, they often ask these people to "go to relatives" to settle them.

2. Clan and marriage class: The kinship mentioned here refers to the kinship with the coal boss on the one hand, and the kinship with the person in charge of a certain production link in the mine (such as the "old man") on the other hand.In the specific production process, this part of the group can give priority to the fat job of "light work and more money".As the "insiders" of the coal bosses, they are all placed in key positions, such as pit record workers, coal yard coal sellers, and equipment purchasers. The most obvious is that when there is a kinship relationship with the person in charge of a certain production link in the mine (such as the "old man"), the son, nephew, and grandson of the "old man" are often the first to be reused. "Father and Son Party" and "Brother Gang" appeared.

3. Classes related to "force" and "benefit": we can understand it literally, "force" refers to strength, and "benefit" refers to individual interests. The biggest feature of this class is that it is not related to coal bosses and pit foremen Therefore, there is no relative influence, and the biggest characteristics are "power without power" and "power without money". "Strength" is the only wealth at the disposal of this group. They rely on their own strength to earn money in coal mines and then support their families.