obtain a high rank easily
It's a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t á nxi à of à NGH ó u, which means to be a marquis between jokes. In the old days, it was very easy to gain fame. It's from Fu Chou by Du Fu of Tang Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Du Fu's poem "Fu Chou" in Tang Dynasty: "Lu Yan listens to the boy, talks and laughs, and looks for the marquis."
Idiom usage
He Zengsheng, a Hu Lu, is not willing to stop fighting. Lu Yan listens to the boy and looks for the marquis.
obtain a high rank easily
pay even for a horse 's drink of water -- extreme honesty - yìn mǎ tóu qián
have immense power to change nature or the established order of a country - niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn