Complex sentence: The 1911 Revolution initially left the old salt system intact but in 1913, Yuan Shikai and a group of foreign governments and banks negotiated Reorganization Loans which were intended to strengthen the central government over the provinces.
Split into simpler sentences: The 1911 Revolution initially left the old salt system intact. In 1913, however, the new President, Yuan Shikai, negotiated with foreign banks a series of Reorganization Loans which were intended to strengthen the central government over the provinces.