In the new government after the Meiji Restoration, he became the ministerial governor of Home Affairs on January 17, 1868, the governor of Popular Affairs on May 15, 1869, and Minbukyo (Minister of Popular Affairs) on July 8 of the same year, and served concurrently as Okura-kyo (Minister of the Treasury).
維新後、新政府では慶応4年（1868年）1月17日に内国事務総督、明治2年（1869年）5月15日民部官知事、同年7月8日民部卿、8月11日には大蔵卿を兼任。