it seems that stories existed about one piece and laughtale for many years
Yeah that seems like a lot of inconsistency or I am misunderstanding some shit. Government has forbidden reading of Poneglyphs, learning about history, but there are different types of poneglyphs and the RPs are only learned about after reaching Lodestar. If there was already knowledge about LT and requiring RPs to get there then there was no point in going to Lodestar.
I think the government forbidding going to the island is referring to Lodestar for the general public, the government themselves wouldnt tell of another island, the actual island, they are just warning about the precursor.
Of course the stories part is not impossible since the prophecies and things are still a part, the Kozuki are passing down the knowledge, no way other kingdoms and bloodlines didnt have something similar.