In the year 1914, the branch manager of the Beijing branch office of the Rishengchang was unable to make good om his guarantee of a debt of the failed Heshengyuan Bank, as a response he fled back to the province of Shanxi. Later a warrant was issued for the arrest of the capital shareholders of the Rishengchang as they were held responsible for the act as the capital shareholders still carried unlimited liability for the actions of the bank. In the year 1915, under the new Chinese Republican civil code, the creditors that were owed the money would become the new common shareholders of the Rishengchang and they subsequently withdrew the charges that were held against the Li brothers. The new owners of the bank granted the Li brothers an annual salary of 1000 silver dollars.