Top Scholar in All Six Exams, Yet My Whole Family Kneels and Begs for Forgiveness

The good news: after transmigrating, Pei Yaoguang became a proud farmer in the Great Xia Dynasty! The bad news: his family refused to feed him, and he starved to death! Not only did he starve to death, but his father died at the border, his older brother was tricked into enlisting, and even his little sister... All because the eldest brother's family wanted to send their son to school! This was more than favoritism. They were treating the second branch of the family as expendable. But Pei Yaoguang, who had transmigrated here, wasn't some pushover. Starting with claiming the first bite of food, he was going to change this wretched situation. He was going to split from the family and make his own way! He was going to take the imperial exams and enter government service. Step by step, step by step, he would climb to the very top...