What important step did the Meiji government take when it modernized and industrialized japan

It seems that you have missed the given choices of the given question above which are: A. negotiated trade agreements with China and Korea B. used the Samurai to guard new factories C. returned to a system of feudalism D. set up a modern banking system. Based on the given choices, the correct answer would be option D. The important step that the Meiji government took when it modernized and industrialized Japan was to set up a modern banking system.