After Hanseki-hokan (the reform of returning lands and people to the emperor) was implemented under the leadership of Toshimichi OKUBO and Takayoshi KIDO (Kogoro KATSURA) in 1869, the government became a distributor of Karoku, and the stipend system was controlled by the Ministry of Finance.
1869年には大久保利通、木戸孝允（桂小五郎）らの主導で版籍奉還が行われ、家禄は政府から支給される形となり、禄制は大蔵省が管轄することとなる。