After the Meiji Restoration, he served the Ministry of Home Affairs, however, accused by Toshimichi OKUBO, who was Home Minister then and who had been his sworn allies for many years, for having received a bribe from the Ryukyu government, and he was dismissed from the office.
明治維新後は内務省(日本)に出仕するが、長年の盟友・内務大臣大久保利通に、琉球から賄賂を受取った事を咎められ免職となる。