青年学者张宏杰在其新著《给曾国藩算算账:一个清代高官的收与支》一书中考证出了曾国藩做京官时期的收入构成,结论是灰色收入在曾国藩的总收入当中一直占相当比重。以道光二十一年曾国藩在翰林院上班时为例,他身为从七品京官,每年基本工资(正俸)四十五两,职务工资(恩俸)四十五两,粮食补贴(禄米)四十五斛(折合三十两),办公津贴(公费)一万五千三百五十三文(折合十两),全年所有合法收入加起来共有一百三十两。就在这一年,曾国藩至少收受了六名地方官馈赠 Zhang Hongjie, a young scholar, examines the composition of the revenue of Zeng Guofan during the period of the Reign of Beijing during his new book, “Computation of Accounts to Tseng Kuo-fan: A Collection of High-ranking Officials in the Qing Dynasty,” concluding that gray income has always accounted for a considerable share of the total revenue of Tseng Kuo-fan proportion. Take Tseng Kwang-fan’s work in the Imperial College for twenty-one years as an example. He is a member of the seven-nation government official whose annual basic salary (positive salary) is 452 and his post salary (pension) is 452. The grain subsidy Paul Smith), Forty-five Hu (equivalent to thirty-two), and office allowance (At official fee) of fifteen thousand three hundred and fifty-three (equivalent to twelve), all legitimate income for the year totaled one hundred and thirty two. In the same year, Tseng Kuo-fan received at least six local officials’ gifts