which dynasty did not use the civil service exam and instead gave key government jobs to friends and family members?

from my own personal expirence food stamps has alot this makes it eaiser so we can affod bills and so we can life a better lifestyle not needing to worry about paying actual money to buy food since most people spend 100-300 dollars a month on food so this alot so we can afford other bills and other stuff we need

where is the passage

i cant solve it without knowing the passage

to force terrorists groups to stop attacking western targets using massive military force.