The story of "Three Ranks in a Row" is about what exactly?
Basically, it's about a clueless, brainless playboy who gets tricked into going to the capital for an exam to teach him a lesson. However, he accidentally encounters Chief Eunuch Wei Zhongxian's motorcade, and through a series of blunders, ends up not writing a single word yet somehow becomes the runner-up, turning into Wei Zhongxian's protégé.
Later, people realize his incompetence, so they trick him into delivering couplets criticizing Wei Zhongxian, which unexpectedly become the biggest evidence of his loyalty after Wei Zhongxian's downfall, earning him three ranks in a row.
Overall, it's an utterly absurd and funny story, appearing completely unrealistic, but in reality, it's about various phenomena everyone is well-aware of.
In reality, stories might not be so exaggerated, but cases of incompetence relying on connections and background to attain high positions are all too common, like Dong someone-or-other.
