The Aoyama would rule the domain until the Meiji restoration. Aoyama Tadatomo served as Jisha-bugyō and Osaka jōdai in the shogunal administration. His successor, Aoyama Tadataka invited Confucian scholars to the domain, and built a han school, the "Shintokudo", which was later expanded by the 4th daimyō, Aoyama Tadahiro. He also served as Jisha-bugyō, Kyoto Shoshidai and Osaka jōdai in the shogunal administration. His son, Aoyama Tadanaga was a Jisha-bugyō and rōjū. On the other hand, due to poor harvests, peasant rebellions frequently occurred. The domain had little economic production other than rice cultivation, and as a result, the clan's finances and territories were often in dire straits. The domain made laws to prevent peasants from fleeing their lands; however, Aoyama Tadahiro was forced to relax these regulations to allow peasants to work in Settsu Province in the winter months as migrant workers in the sake industry. He also invited potters from Kyoto to the domain in an attempt to start a ceramics industry. Nevertheless, due to new taxes frequently imposed for financial reconstruction, over 20 peasant uprisings occurred. By the end of the domain, its debt was estimated at 281,329 ryō.
